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Health literacy in a nutshell : a practical guide to health communication / Don Nutbeam and Danielle Muscat.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Australia : McGraw Hill Education (Australia) Pty Ltd, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 94 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781760427337
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613.0711 N95h 23
Contents:
Health literacy concepts and definitions -- Improving health literacy in clinical settings: health literacy for frontline health workers -- Improving health literacy in community settings -- Digital health literacy -- Health-literate systems and organizations -- Measurement and monitoring in health literacy -- Health literacy, equity and the social determinants of health.
Summary: "Health Literacy in a Nutshell will help you understand how to be a better Communicator and how to work more effectively with patients and communities in helping them to find, understand and use health information to make good decisions about their health. Health Literacy in a Nutshell is an essential resource for students and frontline practitioners who want to improve their understanding of health literacy and health communication. This book provides a useful prompt on key issues, as well as guidance on how to organize and deliver interventions to improve health literacy. Written by internationally recognized leaders in the field, this compact, easy-to-use guide provides pragmatic advice and guidance. It draws upon the best available scientific evidence with numerous practical examples of effective communication to improve health literacy among patients and community populations." -- Back cover
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health literacy concepts and definitions -- Improving health literacy in clinical settings: health literacy for frontline health workers -- Improving health literacy in community settings -- Digital health literacy -- Health-literate systems and organizations -- Measurement and monitoring in health literacy -- Health literacy, equity and the social determinants of health.

"Health Literacy in a Nutshell will help you understand how to be a better Communicator and how to work more effectively with patients and communities in helping them to find, understand and use health information to make good decisions about their health. Health Literacy in a Nutshell is an essential resource for students and frontline practitioners who want to improve their understanding of health literacy and health communication. This book provides a useful prompt on key issues, as well as guidance on how to organize and deliver interventions to improve health literacy. Written by internationally recognized leaders in the field, this compact, easy-to-use guide provides pragmatic advice and guidance. It draws upon the best available scientific evidence with numerous practical examples of effective communication to improve health literacy among patients and community populations." -- Back cover

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