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Huber, Jeffrey T.; Gillaspy, Mary L. – Library Quarterly, 2011
The consumer health information (CHI) movement is the result of various twentieth-century ideologies and is an outgrowth of the broader consumer movement. From a sociocultural and political perspective, the consumer, civil rights, and women's movements and related societal shifts helped pave the way for the consumer health movement, which laid the…
Descriptors: Health Services, Access to Information, Health Personnel, Power Structure
Rudd, Rima E.; Moeykens, Barbara A.; Colton, Tayla C. – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
In this chapter, the authors share their examination of the medical and public health literature regarding links between health and literacy and identify trends in research and practice. They note the connection between educational attainment and health, as education may influence lifestyle behaviors, problem-solving abilities and values. In…
Descriptors: Health Education, Educational Attainment, Public Health, Patients