The Nuances of Health Literacy, Nutrition Literacy, and Food Literacy

Velardo, Stefania

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2015.04.328

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“…Our hands-on whole food cycle approach was consistent with emerging conceptualizations of food literacy as an important area for development in the fields of health and education (Cullen, Hatch, Martin, Higgins, & Sheppard, 2015;Sumner, 2013;Velardo, 2015). Like us, various health promotion professionals, nutrition educators, and community food activists have noted the critical need to improve the population's food-related knowledge, skills, and capacity to take action to address food-related health, environmental and economic issues.…”

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Insights from the Think&EatGreen@School Project: How a community-based action research project contributed to healthy and sustainable school food systems in Vancouver

Rojas

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Orrego³

et al. 2017

CanFoodStudies

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From 2010 to 2016, the Think&EatGreen@School project worked to create healthy and sustainable school food systems in the Vancouver School Board. Using models of CommunityEngaged Scholarship and Community-Based Action Research, we implemented diverse programmatic and monitoring activities to provide students and teachers with hands-on food cycle education, in order to influence policy, and to encourage university students to engage actively with the food system. Our focus was on transformation of local school food systems as a context-specific means to address serious global issues related to food security, health and environmental sustainability. This paper provides a synthesis of the project including the context that led to its inception, its overarching goals, methodological framework and areas of impact. Key learnings from this project highlight the need for continued work to integrate research, teaching and action on global food security, environmental and public health challenges and to build connections to create healthy, sustainable school food systems. CFS/RCÉARojas et al.

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Section: Responding To the Challenges: Emergence Of Thinkandeatgreen@scsupporting

confidence: 69%

Insights from the Think&EatGreen@School Project: How a community-based action research project contributed to healthy and sustainable school food systems in Vancouver

Rojas

Black

Orrego³

et al. 2017

CanFoodStudies

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“…Finally, the third level, critical nutrition literacy, is the ability to analyze nutrition information critically, increase awareness, and participate in action to address barriers. Examples of this level are engagement of students to oppose opening of a fast food restaurant near their school; and community participation in order to promote healthy eating pattern [23,24]. The second and third levels are in a hierarchical order.…”

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Developing and validating a scale to measure Food and Nutrition Literacy (FNLIT) in elementary school children in Iran

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“…Among these factors are self-reported health status [1-3], participation in prevention and screening [4,5], frequency of exercise [6,7], a healthy diet [8,9], better management of chronic diseases [10,11], and even lower mortality for individuals with serious conditions [6,12]. …”

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Effects of eHealth Literacy on General Practitioner Consultations: A Mediation Analysis

Schulz¹,

Fitzpatrick²,

Hess³

et al. 2017

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundMost evidence (not all) points in the direction that individuals with a higher level of health literacy will less frequently utilize the health care system than individuals with lower levels of health literacy. The underlying reasons of this effect are largely unclear, though people’s ability to seek health information independently at the time of wide availability of such information on the Internet has been cited in this context.ObjectiveWe propose and test two potential mediators of the negative effect of eHealth literacy on health care utilization: (1) health information seeking and (2) gain in empowerment by information seeking.MethodsData were collected in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States using a Web-based survey administered by a company specialized on providing online panels. Combined, the three samples resulted in a total of 996 baby boomers born between 1946 and 1965 who had used the Internet to search for and share health information in the previous 6 months. Measured variables include eHealth literacy, Internet health information seeking, the self-perceived gain in empowerment by that information, and the number of consultations with one’s general practitioner (GP). Path analysis was employed for data analysis.ResultsWe found a bundle of indirect effect paths showing a positive relationship between health literacy and health care utilization: via health information seeking (Path 1), via gain in empowerment (Path 2), and via both (Path 3). In addition to the emergence of these indirect effects, the direct effect of health literacy on health care utilization disappeared.ConclusionsThe indirect paths from health literacy via information seeking and empowerment to GP consultations can be interpreted as a dynamic process and an expression of the ability to find, process, and understand relevant information when that is necessary.

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The Nuances of Health Literacy, Nutrition Literacy, and Food Literacy

Cited by 262 publications

References 38 publications

Insights from the Think&EatGreen@School Project: How a community-based action research project contributed to healthy and sustainable school food systems in Vancouver

Insights from the Think&EatGreen@School Project: How a community-based action research project contributed to healthy and sustainable school food systems in Vancouver

Developing and validating a scale to measure Food and Nutrition Literacy (FNLIT) in elementary school children in Iran

Effects of eHealth Literacy on General Practitioner Consultations: A Mediation Analysis

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