Add to ORKGThe Problem Low health literacy 40% of Americans lack sufficient skills to read and understand the back of a prescription bottle Counterproductive health beliefs 46% of Americans believe that “it seems like almost everything causes cancer.” Searching for Solutions Need a solution that reaches low literacy audiences and counters negative health beliefs Is this a communication issue? Hard to improve literacy Beliefs may stem from failed comprehensio
This is a post-print of an article whose final version has been published in Journal of Health Commu...
Background: Health literacy is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon. While health literacy has histori...
Messages and materials developed to communicate risk to the public are often misunder-stood because ...
200 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.News coverage of scientific r...
As technology and medicine flourish in 21st century America through science, so does fear and opposi...
Research conducted over the past 15 years has begun to unmask the previously hidden issue of illiter...
Uncertain knowledge must be communicated to the public, as environmental problems can potentially re...
Science is all about process. It strives to determine scientific truth systematically with distinct...
Using a multidimensional assessment of health literacy (the Cancer Message Literacy Test-Listening, ...
Health literacy—typically defined as an individual's ability to access, understand, and use health i...
Challenges to scientific evidence impacts negatively on a range of health, well-being and environmen...
Many doctors, patients, journalists, and politicians alike do not understand what health statistics ...
A challenge in individual and public health at the start of the 21st century is to effectively commu...
The importance of healthcare providers' communication abilities is still underestimated. Informing t...
What should experts say to inform public health decision making when the available scientific eviden...
This is a post-print of an article whose final version has been published in Journal of Health Commu...
Background: Health literacy is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon. While health literacy has histori...
Messages and materials developed to communicate risk to the public are often misunder-stood because ...
200 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.News coverage of scientific r...
As technology and medicine flourish in 21st century America through science, so does fear and opposi...
Research conducted over the past 15 years has begun to unmask the previously hidden issue of illiter...
Uncertain knowledge must be communicated to the public, as environmental problems can potentially re...
Science is all about process. It strives to determine scientific truth systematically with distinct...
Using a multidimensional assessment of health literacy (the Cancer Message Literacy Test-Listening, ...
Health literacy—typically defined as an individual's ability to access, understand, and use health i...
Challenges to scientific evidence impacts negatively on a range of health, well-being and environmen...
Many doctors, patients, journalists, and politicians alike do not understand what health statistics ...
A challenge in individual and public health at the start of the 21st century is to effectively commu...
The importance of healthcare providers' communication abilities is still underestimated. Informing t...
What should experts say to inform public health decision making when the available scientific eviden...
This is a post-print of an article whose final version has been published in Journal of Health Commu...
Background: Health literacy is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon. While health literacy has histori...
Messages and materials developed to communicate risk to the public are often misunder-stood because ...