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Health literacy and school-based health education / editor, Ray Marks

Published
Bingley [England] : Emerald, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 271 pages)
Additional Creators
Marks, Ray
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Language Note
English.
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.
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ISBN
9781780523071 (electronic bk.)
1780523076 (electronic bk.)
1780523068 (pbk.)
9781780523064 (pbk.)
9781780523064
1283734427
9781283734424
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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