Background: Critical health literacy is the least explored domain of health literacy and is
addressed by few projects seeking to build health literacy. Lack of research means there is …

The cognitive and social practices associated with critical health literacy, such as critical
appraisal of health messages and participation in political processes to address wider …

Objective: Research has shown that developing health literacy in early life is critical to
reducing lifestyle-related diseases, with schools being identified as central settings for this …

Critical health literacy enables individuals to use cognitive and social resources for informed
action on the wider determinants of health. Promoting critical health literacy early in the life …

Objective: The ability of schools, school leaders and teachers to promote critical health
literacy in teaching and learning is central to the development of health literacy in schools …

Literacy is increasingly being thought of as a social practice with its use and understandings
being context dependent. As an essential element within and of education, literacy offers …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine how pre-service physical education
(PE) teacher education students understand health education and their role as health …

There is growing international interest in health literacy and the processes by which it can be
developed. Critical health literacy, one of the domains of health literacy, shows an affinity …

Background In Norway, the introduction of an interdisciplinary subject named Public Health
and Life skills has brought about renewed attention to how health is conceptualized and …

When professionals engage in and with their professional practice they assert a claim of
extraordinary knowledge. Within Home Economics such a claim is a challenge when …