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 Health literacy research seems to lack a consensus on what aspects to include
into literacy in the context of health and on how to operationalize these concepts for …

Background Approximately one-half of American adults exhibit low health literacy and thus
struggle to find and use health information. Low health literacy is associated with negative …

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, digital health literacy (DHL) has become a significant public
health concern. This research aims to assess information seeking behavior, as well as the …

When looking for health information, many people turn to the Internet. Searching for online
health information (OHI), however, also involves the risk of confirmation bias by means of …

In this issue, Mackert and colleagues argue for the benefits of a general health literacy focus,
which can be applied across health domains. Using the concept of mental health literacy as …

Chronic illnesses cause considerable burden in quality of life, often leading to physical,
psychological, and social dysfunctioning of the sufferers and their family. There is a growing …

Education and literacy are important aspects of health promotion. The potential for health
literacy to promote healthier choices has been widely examined, with studies variously …

(1) Background: This article adopts an interdisciplinary perspective to analyse, examine, and
reflect upon prominent health literacy (HL) understandings in childhood and youth.(2) …

Successfully engaging in a health-or medical-related activity is a matter of understanding
what one needs to do. This means information used in this context needs to be easy to use …