Name: Health Literacy in Context
Brand: Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)
SKU: 9781619429215
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Health Literacy in Context

International Perspectives

Edited by: Doris Gillis, Edited by: Deborah L Begoray, Edited by: Gillian Rowlands

Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)

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£101.99

Published: 15-Aug-2012
ISBN: 9781619429215

Hardback
188 Pages

Subjects:
Public health & preventive medicine

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Health literacy offers a new way of thinking about how we engage with information about and for health, both as users and providers of information. As a multifaceted construct, health literacy weaves together ideas drawn from health and adult education/literacy disciplines. The complexity of health literacy necessarily reflects the contexts in which it applies and the perspectives of those who integrate and examine it in their research and practice. This book captures the richness in thinking about health literacy by presenting perspectives of international researchers and practitioners who have been working on health literacy in diverse settings and contexts.

Deborah L. Begoray, PhD, is a Professor of Language and Literacy in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She does literacy and health literacy teaching and research in a variety of contexts and with a wide range of learners especially adolescents. She also leads interdisciplinary project teams and works with pre service and in service teachers. Deborah is the lead recipient of both SSHRC and CIHR grants to support her research as a community engaged scholar. Deborah writes extensively on literacy research in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, both rural and urban, where she is currently looking at the use of adolescent-produced graphic novels as curricular resources and research dissemination tools. Her previous publications on health literacy include her work as lead editor of Health Literacy in Context: International Perspectives (2012) and lead author of Mediating Health: The Powerful Role of the Media as Adolescent Health Literacy Educator (2009).