Health Literacy

By addressing health literacy, we can improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities globally.

Health literacy refers to the personal characteristics and social resources needed for individuals and communities to access, understand, appraise and use information and services to make decisions about health. Addressing health literacy is both an individual and systems level issue.  

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The predictors of COVID-19 preventive health behaviors among adolescents: the role of health belief model and health literacy
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Digital health literacy, vaccine information sources, and vaccine acceptance among parents in Ontario: Quantitative findings from a mixed methods study
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Shame, health literacy and consent

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Promoting health behaviours through trusted health information messengers

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Adaptation of the Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS19-Q) for Russian-Speaking Populations—International Collaboration across Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia, and the USA
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Rapid qualitative research to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake: a research and intervention tool

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