Making a case for “Education for health literacy”: An international perspective

S Vamos, O Okan, T Sentell, I Rootman - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In many countries, health literacy research, practice, and policy have been moving away
from a focus only on medical care and health-care settings to a much broader …

Exploring online fitness culture and young females

ST Jong, MJN Drummond - Re-thinking Leisure in a Digital Age, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
While previous studies have investigated online health communities and health-seeking
behaviours, less attention has been directed at the growing impact of the online fitness …

Child and youth health literacy: a conceptual analysis and proposed target-group-centred definition

J Bröder, O Okan, TM Bollweg, D Bruland… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: This article adopts an interdisciplinary perspective to analyse, examine, and
reflect upon prominent health literacy (HL) understandings in childhood and youth.(2) …

Parental health literacy and nutrition literacy affect child feeding practices: A cross-sectional study

V Costarelli, M Michou, DB Panagiotakos… - Nutrition and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Health literacy (HL) and nutrition literacy (NL) are important issues to consider,
in the provision of health care to children and the establishment of healthy eating behaviors …

Parents' knowledge, attitudes, and practices of childhood obesity in Singapore

PT Straughan, C Xu - Sage Open, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The obesity pandemic is increasingly threatening Asian populations. This is especially so for
children from higher-income countries, such as Singapore. Among the various driving …

Psychometric qualities of the HLS-EU-Q16 instrument for parental health literacy in Swedish multicultural settings

KT Mekhail, B Burström, A Marttila, J Wångdahl… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background Health literacy (HL) is important for individuals in terms of knowledge and
competence to make decisions about healthcare, health promotion and disease prevention …

Health literacy and effects on household/family dietary behaviour: a systematic scoping review

MG Elemile, CB Bello, K Ajayi, OD Akinwale - Journal of Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background and aim The inability to avoid health problems, safeguard our health, and
effectively manage existing health issues makes inadequate health literacy a pressing issue …

“I just want her to be happy and healthy”: Deploying broad understandings of health in class-privileged parenting

JA Pace, S Mollborn, B Rigles - SSM-Qualitative Research in Health, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examined the role of class privilege in parents' understandings of children's
health and their navigation of the work of supporting “healthy” children. Cultural and …

Health Literacy im Kindes-und Jugendalter—Eine explorierende Perspektive

O Okan, J Bröder, U Bauer… - Health Literacy …, 2017 - books.google.com
Health Literacy kann in diesem Zusammenhang als Fähigkeit beschrieben werden,
Ressourcen und Handlungen konkret und zielgerichtet einzusetzen, um im Lebensalltag …

Parents' comprehensive health literacy and child health after attending extended home visiting in Swedish multicultural settings—A case‐comparison study

KT Mekhail, B Burström, A Marttila… - … Journal of Caring …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Parents' low health literacy (HL) has negative impacts on child health. Parental
interventions may improve parents' HL and thus impact child health positively. Objectives …