Description: Advancing Health LiteracyA Framework for Understanding and Action Author(s): Christina Zarcadoolas, Andrew Pleasant, David S. Greer Format: Paperback Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. ISBN-13: 9780787984335, 978-0787984335 Synopsis Advancing Health Literacy addresses the crisis in health literacy in the United States and around the world. This book thoroughly examines the critical role of literacy in public health and outlines a practical, effective model that bridges the gap between health education, health promotion, and health communication. Step by step, the authors outline the theory and practice of health literacy from a public health perspective. This comprehensive resource includes the history of health literacy, theoretical foundations of health and language literacy, the role of the media, a series of case studies on important topics including prenatal care, anthrax, HIV/AIDS, genomics, and diabetes. The book concludes with a series of practical guidelines for the development and assessment of health communications materials. Also included are essential techniques needed to help people make informed decisions, advocate for themselves and their community, mitigate risk, and live healthier lives.
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Book Title: Advancing Health Literacy
Item Height: 230 mm
Item Width: 160 mm
Series: Jossey-Bass Public Health
Author: Christina Zarcadoolas, Andrew Pleasant, David S. Greer
Publication Name: Advancing Health Literacy: a Framework for Understanding and Action
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons INC International Concepts
Subject: Healthcare System
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 530 g
Number of Pages: 396 Pages
