| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 271 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Health literacy : what is it and why should we care? -- Health literacy, health and academic status -- Healthy literacy skills needed by children, teachers and parents -- Strategies for measuring and maximizing health literacy of youth -- Secondary strategies for maximizing health literacy of youth -- Future directions : how to organize classroom practices to support the development of holistic health literacy. |
| Summary |
Health literacy plays a critical role in the understanding and application of health related information. This work describes the concept of health literacy and the development of health literacy skills among children and young people, whilst also discussing the economics of health illiteracy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Health education -- Social aspects.
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Health education -- Social aspects. |
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Health education. |
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Health promotion -- Social aspects.
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Health promotion -- Social aspects. |
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Health promotion. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Marks, Ray.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marks, Ray. Health Literacy and School-Based Education. Bradford : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ©2012 9781780523064 |
| ISBN |
9781780523071 (electronic book) |
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1780523076 (electronic book) |
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1780523068 (paperback) |
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9781780523064 (paperback) |
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9781780523064 |
| Standard No. |
9618534 |
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