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Editorial
. 2018 Nov 27;15(12):2657.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122657.

Health Literacy in Context

Don Nutbeam  1 , Diane Levin-Zamir  2   3 , Gill Rowlands  4
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Editorial

Health Literacy in Context

Don Nutbeam et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Health literacy has been defined and conceptualized in multiple ways, but almost all definitions have similar core elements describing the personal skills that enable individuals to obtain, understand, and use information to make decisions and take actions that will have an impact on their health. [...].

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