The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication consists of forty
chapters that provide a broad, comprehensive, and systematic overview of the role that …

Objectives To investigate how 3 measures of health literacy correlate with age and the
explanatory roles of fluid and crystallised cognitive abilities in these relationships among …

Abstract Purpose of the Study: Health literacy is associated with health outcomes
presumably because it influences the understanding of information needed for self-care …

Objectives: The goal of this study is to examine the role of lifelong educational and learning
practices and resources in enabling health literacy. Method: A subsample of older adults (n …

Objectives To investigate functional health literacy and its associated factors among older
adults drawn from a disadvantaged area. Design Cross-sectional epidemiologic study …

Background A key component of the structured approach to the management of chronic
heart failure (CHF) is effective patient education. Patient education is a precursor to …

Background. Inadequate health literacy may be a barrier to gaining knowledge about heart
failure (HF) self‐care expectations, strengthening self‐efficacy for self‐care behaviors, and …

Having a good understanding of cancer patients' health literacy in the early stage of
diagnosis can help to implement strategies to improve the management process and overall …

Objective To determine the literacy skill sets of patients in the context of graphical
interpretation of interactive dashboards. Methods We assessed literacy characteristics of …

Objective Health literacy has been related to health-related conditions and health outcomes.
Studies examining the association of health literacy and anticoagulation have had variable …