Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
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Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. / Osborne, Richard H.; Elmer, Shandell; Hawkins, Melanie; Cheng, Christina C.; Batterham, Roy W.; Dias, Sónia; Good, Suvajee; Monteiro, Maristela G.; Mikkelsen, Bente; Nadarajah, Ranjit Gajendra; Fones, Guy.
I: BMJ Global Health, Bind 7, Nr. 12, e010362, 2022.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
AU - Osborne, Richard H.
AU - Elmer, Shandell
AU - Hawkins, Melanie
AU - Cheng, Christina C.
AU - Batterham, Roy W.
AU - Dias, Sónia
AU - Good, Suvajee
AU - Monteiro, Maristela G.
AU - Mikkelsen, Bente
AU - Nadarajah, Ranjit Gajendra
AU - Fones, Guy
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Author(s). Published by BMJ.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The WHO's report Health literacy development for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) delivers practical what-to-do how-to-do guidance for health literacy development to build, at scale, contextually-relevant public health actions to reduce inequity and the burden of NCDs on individuals, health systems and economies. The key premise for health literacy development is that people's health awareness and behaviours are linked to lifelong experiences and social practices, which may be multilayered, hidden and beyond their control. Meaningful community engagement, local ownership and locally driven actions are needed to identify health literacy strengths, challenges and preferences to build locally fit-for-purpose and implementable actions. Health literacy development needs to underpin local and national policy, laws and regulations to create enabling environments that reduce community exposures to NCD risk factors. Deficit approaches and siloed health system and policy responses need to be avoided, focusing instead on integrating community-based solutions through co-design, cognisant of people's daily experiences and social practices.
AB - The WHO's report Health literacy development for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) delivers practical what-to-do how-to-do guidance for health literacy development to build, at scale, contextually-relevant public health actions to reduce inequity and the burden of NCDs on individuals, health systems and economies. The key premise for health literacy development is that people's health awareness and behaviours are linked to lifelong experiences and social practices, which may be multilayered, hidden and beyond their control. Meaningful community engagement, local ownership and locally driven actions are needed to identify health literacy strengths, challenges and preferences to build locally fit-for-purpose and implementable actions. Health literacy development needs to underpin local and national policy, laws and regulations to create enabling environments that reduce community exposures to NCD risk factors. Deficit approaches and siloed health system and policy responses need to be avoided, focusing instead on integrating community-based solutions through co-design, cognisant of people's daily experiences and social practices.
KW - Control strategies
KW - Health education and promotion
KW - Health policy
KW - Prevention strategies
KW - Public Health
U2 - 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010362
DO - 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010362
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36460323
AN - SCOPUS:85143899201
VL - 7
JO - BMJ Global Health
JF - BMJ Global Health
SN - 2059-7908
IS - 12
M1 - e010362
ER -
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