Background Children and young people constitute a core target group for health literacy
research and practice: during childhood and youth, fundamental cognitive, physical and …

Background This study aims to assess the health literacy of medical patients admitted to
hospitals and examine its correlation with patients' emergency department visits, hospital …

Objective To investigate the association between low functional health literacy (ability to
read and understand basic health related information) and mortality in older adults. Design …

Abstract Background Health Professionals (HPs) play an important role in supporting
parents to care for their children, by facilitating parents' knowledge and skills development …

Background: Limited literacy has repeatedly been linked to problems comprehending health
information, although the majority of studies to date have focused on reading various print …

Objective To investigate whether previously noted associations between health literacy and
functional health status might be explained by cognitive function. Data Sources/Study …

Heart failure (HF) patients with inadequate health literacy are at increased risk for poor self-
care and negative health outcomes such as hospital readmission. The purpose of the …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Emerging evidence suggests the relationship between health
literacy and health outcomes could be explained by cognitive abilities. OBJECTIVE To …

Medication adherence has received a great deal of attention over the past several decades;
however, its definition and measurement remain elusive. The authors propose a new …

Studies have demonstrated significant associations between limited literacy and health
outcomes. Yet differences in literacy measurement and the cutoffs used for analysis have …