National indicators of health literacy: ability to understand health information and to engage actively with healthcare providers - a population-based survey among Danish adults Bo, Anne, Friis, Karina, Osborne, Richard H. and Maindal, Helle Terkildsen 2014, National indicators of health literacy: ability to understand health information and to engage actively with healthcare providers - a population-based survey among Danish adults, BMC public health, vol. 14, no. 1095, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1095. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads osborne-nationalindicators-2014.pdf Published version application/pdf 9.63MB 16 Title National indicators of health literacy: ability to understand health information and to engage actively with healthcare providers - a population-based survey among Danish adults Author(s) Bo, Anne Friis, Karina Osborne, Richard H. orcid.org/0000-0002-9081-2699 Maindal, Helle Terkildsen Journal name BMC public health Volume number 14 Issue number 1095 Start page 1 End page 12 Publisher BioMed Central Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2014 ISSN 1471-2458 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Health literacy Health competence Patient-centred care Patient participation Doctor-patient relations Health information Socioeconomic factors Inequality in health Population survey Health literacy questionnaire (HLQ) SELF-MANAGEMENT CHRONIC DISEASE PUBLIC-HEALTH EDUCATION PARTICIPATION VALIDATION OUTCOMES DESIGN SKILLS TOOL Summary Health literacy is a multidimensional concept covering a range of cognitive and social skills necessary for participation in health care. Knowledge of health literacy levels in general populations and how health literacy levels impacts on social health inequity is lacking. The primary aim of this study was to perform a population-based assessment of dimensions of health literacy related to understanding health information and to engaging with healthcare providers. Secondly, the aim was to examine associations between socio-economic characteristics with these dimensions of health literacy. Language eng DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1095 Field of Research 111708 Health and Community Services Socio Economic Objective 920599 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, BioMed Central Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30069306 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Health and Social Development Population Health Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Author URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 29 Jan 2015, 11:39:10 EST Sat, 31 Jan 2015, 04:00:47 EST Sat, 31 Jan 2015, 05:21:33 EST Thu, 05 Feb 2015, 14:32:20 EST Fri, 09 Oct 2015, 17:08:30 EST Mon, 12 Oct 2015, 15:51:07 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2016, 13:24:16 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2016, 13:26:16 EST Fri, 26 Aug 2016, 15:20:42 EST Mon, 05 Sep 2016, 16:08:31 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 08:19:20 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 07:04:06 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 22 times in TR Web of Science Cited 25 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 250 Abstract Views, 18 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 29 Jan 2015, 11:39:10 EST

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