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Personal Health Literacy and Life Simple 7: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
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Adam, Hamdi S.; Merkin, Sharon Stein; Anderson, Madison D.; Seeman, Teresa; Kershaw, Kiarri N.; Magnani, Jared W.; Everson-Rose, Susan A.; Lutsey, Pamela L. – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: Personal Health literacy (PHL) is essential in cardiovascular risk management. Hindrances in PHL can lead to poor cardiovascular outcomes. Purpose: To investigate whether limited PHL is associated with lower likelihoods of i) overall cardiovascular health and ii) individual cardiovascular health components as defined by the American…
Descriptors: Health, Literacy, Heart Disorders, Risk
A Scoping Review of Health Literacy Measurement Tools in the Context of Cardiovascular Health
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Chan, Rita Wai Yu; Kisa, Adnan – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: Despite the strong link between health literacy and cardiovascular health outcomes, health literacy measurements remain flawed and fragmented. There exists a gap in the knowledge when formulating a valid measurement to capture the broad concept of health literacy. The existence of various tools for health literacy measurement also…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Health, Health Materials, Measurement Techniques
Perceived versus Actual Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in College Students
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Holt, E. W.; Cass, A. L.; Park, H.; Criss, S.; Burges, M.; Isley, E.; Murr, S. – American Journal of Health Education, 2020
Background: College wellness interventions have potential to reduce the growing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by guiding students to establish behaviors for lifetime CVD risk reduction. Yet, some students may not see CVD prevention as a relevant issue during young adulthood. Purpose: We examined perceived risk of CVD amongst 148 college…
Descriptors: Heart Disorders, Risk, Prevention, Student Attitudes
Exposure to Fictional Medical Television and Health: A Systematic Review
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Hoffman, Beth L.; Shensa, Ariel; Wessel, Charles; Hoffman, Robert; Primack, Brian A. – Health Education Research, 2017
Fictional medical television programs have long been a staple of television programming, and they remain popular today. We aimed to examine published literature assessing the influence of medical television programs on health outcomes. We conducted systematic literature searches in PubMed, PsychINFO and CINAHL. Selected studies had to be scholarly…
Descriptors: Fiction, Television, Medicine, Popular Culture
Noncommunicable Diseases in Ghana: Does the Theory of Social Gradient in Health Hold?
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Tenkorang, Eric Y.; Kuuire, Vincent Z. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
The theory of social gradient in health posits that individuals with lower socioeconomic status (SES) have poorer health outcomes, compared with those in higher socioeconomic brackets. Applied to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), this theory has largely been corroborated by studies from the West. However, evidence from sub-Saharan Africa are mixed,…
Descriptors: Diseases, Foreign Countries, Health, Socioeconomic Status
Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined. Working Paper 15
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National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2020
We know that responsive relationships and language-rich experiences for young children help build a strong foundation for later success in school. The rapidly advancing frontiers of 21st-century biological sciences now provide compelling evidence that the foundations of lifelong health are also built early, with increasing evidence of the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Lifelong Learning, Biology