Health Literacy

Kickbusch, Ilona; Maag, Daniela

doi:10.1016/b978-012373960-5.00584-0

Cited by 156 publications

(129 citation statements)

References 11 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

112

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Comparisons can be made to Lamagna’s (2011) description of the “internal attachment system” (p. 284) where implicit memories associated with a person’s affects, thoughts, perceptions and behaviour govern his or her perceptions of the world and ways of being in it. The inner source of information, the presence of the inner child, is therefore worth considering in efforts to increase health literacy and especially in connection to the action competency aspect of health literacy described by Kickbusch et al (2005). They explained that high health literacy skills offer a good ability to seek information and to take responsibility and make sound health decisions in the context of everyday life.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This changes health-related behaviour based on the individuals’ view of the world and makes informed consent. In addition, Kickbusch, Wait, and Maag (2005) highlighted the action competency aspect of health literacy as making sound health decisions in the context of everyday life in addition to finding and making sense of health information. According to Nutbeam (2008), health literacy can be considered as a risk factor or as an asset.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Useful life lessons for health and well-being: adults’ reflections of childhood experiences illuminate the phenomenon of the inner child

Sjöblom

Öhrling

Kostenius

2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe and gain more knowledge about the phenomenon of the inner child in relation to health and well-being reflected in events during childhood experienced by adults. Method: In this hermeneutical phenomenological study, 20 adults, 10 men and 10 women aged 22–68, were interviewed. Results: The analysis of the data illuminated the phenomenon of the inner child in one theme: Gaining useful life lessons through childhood experiences, made up by four sub-themes: Sharing relationships, playing to heal, being strong or frail and supporting the next generation. Conclusion: The participants’ experiences of events during childhood were illuminating the phenomenon of the inner child as promoting or hindering health and well-being and impact human adaptation throughout life. Our findings indicate that the participants learned useful life lessons suggesting that experiences during childhood can help us to adapt across the life span and over generations, and this is the essence of the inner child. Our findings also contribute to the health literacy discussion and detail how knowledge and action competency is developed in mental, social and existential dimensions of health and well-being.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Useful life lessons for health and well-being: adults’ reflections of childhood experiences illuminate the phenomenon of the inner child

Sjöblom

Öhrling

Kostenius

2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Health literacy is defined as people's knowledge, motivation and competence towards having access to, understanding, evaluating and applying health information to judge and make decisions, in their daily lives, regarding healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion, in order to maintain or improve their quality of life (1) . In view of the relevance of health literacy, scientific literature has developed -and is still researching -resources to measure it (2) .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Direct health literacy measures, that is, measures of people's ability to understand, access, evaluate and use health information and services. These measures are the field which has been undergoing the greatest expansion (1) . As for specific health literacy assessment instruments, they focus on each health condition that one intends to analyze in order to measure patients' capacity to deal with disorders such as asthma, diabetes and hypertension, and also on alterations related to other health specialties (5) .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Instrumentos de avaliação do letramento em saúde: revisão de literatura

Marques

Lemos

2017

Audiol., Commun. Res.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…It concerns the capacity to make sound health decisions in the context of everyday life -at home, in the community, in the workplace, in the health-care system, in the market place, and in the political arena [6]. The general concept involves peoples' knowledge, motivation and competency to access, understand, appraise and apply information in order to form judgments and make decisions in everyday life in terms of healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion so as to improve the quality of life during the course of life [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%