1. Health Literacy Development among People with Chronic Diseases: Advancing the State of the Art and Learning from International Practices.
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Dierks, Marie-Luise, Dierks, Marie-Luise, Hawkins, Melanie, and Lander, Jonas
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Public health & preventive medicine ,Borollos lake ,Germany ,HCP ,HL-COM ,HLQ ,HLS-GER 2 ,Nepal ,Ophelia (optimising health literacy and access) process ,Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing ,agreement ,allergy prevention ,cardiac rehabilitation ,cardiovascular implants ,chronic pain ,co-design ,cochlear implants ,decision making ,eHealth literacy ,empowerment ,ethical aspects ,fishermen ,focus groups ,glaucoma implants ,health inequality ,health information sources ,health literacy ,health literacy development ,health literacy measurement ,health literacy questionnaire (HLQ) ,health literacy responsiveness ,health literacy-sensitive communication ,health professionals ,health promotion ,health-literacy development ,heart attack ,implant care ,inequality ,information needs ,intervention development ,intraclass correlation (ICC) ,midwives ,n/a ,non-native English users ,nurses ,organizational health literacy ,orthopedic ,patient survey ,patient-professional relationship ,people with chronic illness ,physicians ,physiotherapists ,pregnancy ,psychological function ,qualitative methods ,rehabilitants ,self-efficacy ,social workers ,university students ,validation study ,values - Abstract
Summary: Chronic diseases account for a considerable part of the strain on health care systems and are burdensome for each affected individual and their families. In recent years, the concept of health literacy has been substantially elaborated on, particularly regarding the development and implementation of interventions at different levels, efforts to improve its measurement, and the role of communities and organizations. While a range of advancements are uncontested, specific challenges still revolve around, for example, a thorough application of modern practices of health literacy that focus on societal support of health literacy strengths and response to health literacy challenges; developing, testing, and evaluating strategies for organizational health literacy responsiveness; and improving the co-design, local ownership, and integration of health literacy actions and interventions in communities experiencing vulnerability and disadvantage. This Special Issue showcases research addressing these and further aspects about developing health literacy - particularly among people with chronic diseases - by which we mean advancements in health practices, organizations, and policies that create enabling environments in which people have the necessary knowledge and feel confident accessing, understanding, and using health information and services.