Health literacy is an important issue to consider in the provision of health-care to children.
Similar to the adult population, most parents face health literacy challenges. Of particular …

Background: Low health literacy affects millions of Americans, putting those who are affected
at a disadvantage and at risk for poorer health outcomes. Low health literacy can act as a …

Background Since its outbreak in January 2020, COVID-19 has quickly spread worldwide
and has become a global pandemic. Social media platforms have been recognized as …

OBJECTIVE: To review the relationship between literacy and health outcomes. DATA
SOURCES: We searched MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health …

ContextHealth literacy is a measure of patients' ability to read, comprehend, and act on
medical instructions. Poor health literacy is common among racial and ethnic minorities …

Objective: To systematically review US studies examining the prevalence of limited health
literacy and to synthesize these findings by evaluating demographic associations in pooled …

Background Individuals with low levels of health literacy have less health knowledge, worse
self-management of chronic disease, lower use of preventive services, and worse health in …

Entertainment-Education and Social Change introduces readers to entertainment-education
(EE) literature from multiple perspectives. This distinctive collection covers the history of …

Amid increased concerns about the adverse consequences of low health literacy, it remains
unclear how health literacy affects health status and health service utilization. With a sample …

The objective of this paper is to synthesize and update findings from systematic review on
health literacy and health outcomes among patients with long-term conditions, and extend …