Title |
Health literacy and public health: A systematic review and integration of definitions and models
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, January 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-80 |
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Authors |
Kristine Sørensen, Stephan Van den Broucke, James Fullam, Gerardine Doyle, Jürgen Pelikan, Zofia Slonska, Helmut Brand, (HLS-EU) Consortium Health Literacy Project European |
Abstract |
Health literacy concerns the knowledge and competences of persons to meet the complex demands of health in modern society. Although its importance is increasingly recognised, there is no consensus about the definition of health literacy or about its conceptual dimensions, which limits the possibilities for measurement and comparison. The aim of the study is to review definitions and models on health literacy to develop an integrated definition and conceptual model capturing the most comprehensive evidence-based dimensions of health literacy. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 17 | 17% |
Canada | 10 | 10% |
United Kingdom | 9 | 9% |
Spain | 7 | 7% |
Japan | 6 | 6% |
Australia | 6 | 6% |
Germany | 3 | 3% |
Portugal | 2 | 2% |
Turkey | 2 | 2% |
Other | 10 | 10% |
Unknown | 29 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 71 | 70% |
Scientists | 16 | 16% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 11 | 11% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 12 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 9 | <1% |
Spain | 8 | <1% |
Portugal | 7 | <1% |
Australia | 6 | <1% |
Denmark | 4 | <1% |
Japan | 3 | <1% |
Brazil | 3 | <1% |
Canada | 3 | <1% |
Other | 20 | <1% |
Unknown | 4134 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 669 | 16% |
Student > Bachelor | 440 | 10% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 411 | 10% |
Researcher | 357 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 210 | 5% |
Other | 769 | 18% |
Unknown | 1353 | 32% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 765 | 18% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 693 | 16% |
Social Sciences | 426 | 10% |
Psychology | 176 | 4% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 79 | 2% |
Other | 597 | 14% |
Unknown | 1473 | 35% |