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Health Literacy in Context

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  • Don Nutbeam

    (School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia)

  • Diane Levin-Zamir

    (Department of Health Education and Promotion, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv 62098, Israel
    School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel)

  • Gill Rowlands

    (Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, UK)

Abstract

Health literacy has been defined and conceptualized in multiple ways, but almost all definitions have similar core elements describing the personal skills that enable individuals to obtain, understand, and use information to make decisions and take actions that will have an impact on their health. [...]

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  • Don Nutbeam & Diane Levin-Zamir & Gill Rowlands, 2018. "Health Literacy in Context," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-3, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:12:p:2657-:d:185686
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