Background: Scholars describe poor health literacy as a" silent epidemic," which is
challenging the functioning of healthcare systems all over the world. Health literacy is mainly …

Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD)
disproportionally affect Hispanic and Latino populations, yet Hispanics/Latinos are …

Abstract In the United States, data confirm that Spanish-speaking immigrants are particularly
affected by the negative health outcomes associated with low health literacy. Although the …

Health knowledge and behavior can be shaped by the extent to which individuals have
access to reliable and understandable health information. Based on data from a population …

Background Hispanics are the fastest-growing minority group in the United States and they
suffer from a disproportionate burden of chronic diseases. Studies have shown that online …

Health literacy is a priority issue in both medicine and public health, as it refers to the
capacity to obtain and understand basic health information and services and to make …

Purpose: Hypertension treatment rates are disproportionately lower among Hispanics
compared to non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks. The purpose of this study was …

Objective Health literacy measurement can help inform healthcare service delivery. The
objective of this study is to identify validated tools to measure health literacy among Spanish …

The use of promotoras de salud is an increasingly widespread delivery approach for
community-based health education and promotion programs targeting obesity-related …

A reliance on the conceptualization of health literacy as functional skill has limited
researchers' views of the adult English-as-a-second-language (ESL) context as a site for …