Purpose Patient empowerment has been variously depicted as a new paradigm inspiring
the patient-provider relationship. To the authors' knowledge, scholars have focused most of …

The health care service system is currently undergoing a profound revolution that has put
the patient at the core of health outcome co-creation. Patient-centered care could be …

Organisational Health Literacy (OHL)-interventions are needed to overcome health
inequality. OHL-interventions have successfully identified communication barriers at the …

Serviço Nacional de Saúde. As recomendações das autoridades de saúde veiculadas pelos
media centram-se na utilização dos serviços e raras vezes na benignidade da situação …

Introduction Many studies report a lack of public awareness of the risk factors and
complications of Diabetes Mellitus. Adequate glycemic control is crucial in preventing or …

Purpose: This study sought to describe the extent to which health care systems in North
Texas were adopting policies and practices that address the 10 attributes of a health literate …

RESUMO O presente artigo busca apresentar evidências de validade de dois instrumentos,
Literacia em Saúde e Literacia Digital em Saúde para utilização em idosos e avaliar suas …

Nowadays, the role of patients in the healthcare domain is extending beyond being passive
healthcare recipients to becoming “makers and shapers” of healthcare services. In the …

Purpose of the paper: Health services' quality relies on the patients' ability to participate in
the provision of care as co-creators of value. Among others, individual health literacy-ie the …

Nowadays, the role of patients in the healthcare domain is extending beyond being passive
healthcare recipients to becoming “makers and shapers” of healthcare services. In the …