Health Literacy in Context-Settings, Media, and Populations

• Main Author: Gill Rowlands (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Don Nutbeam (Ed.) (auth), Diane Levin-Zamir (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Social environment; Determinants of health; Health literacy; Health promotion; Social disadvantage; Organizational change; Health interventions; Health education; Culture; Health disparities
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

To date, most published health literacy research has focused on assessing and improving personal skills and abilities. More recently, a better understanding has emerged of the extent to which these skills and abilities are mediated by environmental demands and situational complexities - the context...