Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of figures, tables and boxes ix
4. Notes on contributors xiii
5. Introduction xxi
6. Research Into Health Literacy: An overview of recent developments
7. Defining health literacy: Exploring differences and commonalities 5
8. From Saranac Lake to Shanghai: A brief history of health literacy 21
9. Health literacy of children and adolescents: Conceptual approaches and developmental considerations 39
10. The concept of mental health literacy 53
11. Measuring health literacy in adults: An overview and discussion of current tools 67
12. Measuring children’s health literacy: Current approaches and challenges 83
13. Developing an instrument for measuring the health literacy of adolescents: Lessons learned 99
14. Measuring health literacy in Europe: Introducing the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q) 115
15. Health literacy and health disparities: A global perspective 139
16. Health literacy in later phases of life: Findings from Germany and other countries 153
17. Critical health literacy for the marginalised: Empirical findings 167
18. Health literacy and chronic conditions: A life course perspective 183
19. Health literacy research in the Nordic countries 199
20. Programmes and interventions to promote health literacy
21. Improving health literacy in clinical and community populations 219
22. MEDIA PROTECT: A setting- and parent-targeted intervention for a healthy childhood in the digital age 233
23. Using Photovoice as a participatory approach to promote youth health literacy 247
24. Mental health literacy for refugee youth: A cultural approach 261
25. Media health literacy, eHealth literacy and health behaviour across the lifespan: Current progress and future challenges 275
26. School-based mental health literacy interventions 291
27. Health literacy interventions for children or adolescents: An overview and insights into practical applications 307
28. Health literacy interventions in the delivery of pharmaceutical care 323
29. A stated preference discrete choice health literacy intervention framework for the control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa 335
30. Occupational health literacy: Healthy decisions at work 347
31. Mental health literacy interventions in adults 359
32. An empirical perspective on the concept of mental health literacy in the field of families with parental mental illness 371
33. Putting the literacy back into health literacy: Interventions in US adult literacy and English language programmes 385
34. Policy programmes to promote health literacy
35. Health literacy policies: European perspectives 403
36. Developing health literacy policy in Scotland: A case study 419
37. Health literacy policies: National examples from Canada 435
38. Health literacy policies: National example from Austria – A unique story and some lessons learned from an ongoing journey 453
39. Health literacy policy in Australia: Past, present and future directions 471
40. Health literacy policies: National examples from the United States 489
41. Health literacy in New Zealand: A tale of serendipity and indigenous health 505
42. Health literacy and the school curriculum: The example of Finland 521
43. Future dialogue and new perspectives
44. Health-literate healthcare organisations 539
45. Future avenues for health literacy: Learning from literacy and literacy learning 555
46. The social embeddedness of health literacy 573
47. Children as active participants in health literacy research and practice? From rhetoric to rights 587
48. Health literacy practices of adults in an avatar-based immersive social virtual world: A sociocultural perspective of new media health literacies 601
49. Health literacy and participation in the healthcare of adults: (In)compatible approaches? 617
50. A lifespan perspective on health literacy: Ageing and end-of-life issues 633
51. Salutogenesis and health literacy: The health promotion simplex! 649
52. Health literacy in a social context: A meta-narrative review 665
53. Health literacy for all? Inclusion as a serious challenge for health literacy: The case of disability 689
54. Capacity building for health literacy 705
55. Index 721