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35 relations: Adherence (medicine), Asian Health Literacy Association, Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles, Consumer health informatics, EuroHealthNet, Food desert, Functional illiteracy, Graph literacy, Health blog, Health communication, Health education, Health promotion, Ilona Kickbusch, Index of health articles, Institute for Healthcare Advancement, International rankings of Iran, John A. Pollock (professor), Kristen Dexter, Literacy, Mental health literacy, Numeracy, Online health communities, Patient safety, Person-centered care, Perspectives in Public Health, Physical therapy, Refugee health, Regenerative Medicine Partnership in Education, Rhetoric of health and medicine, Ronald S. Weinstein, Social determinants of health, Social media, Teach-back method, Theory of fundamental causes, Violence against doctors in China.
Adherence (medicine)
In medicine, compliance (also adherence, capacitance) describes the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice.
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Asian Health Literacy Association
The Asian Health Literacy Association (AHLA) is an association which aims to provide an overview of the health literacy status in Asia and to measure health literacy levels across Asia.
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Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles
Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles (CCSCLA) is a non-profit 501(c)3 community-based organization whose mission is to work for social justice and economic and environmental change within the South Central community.
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Consumer health informatics
Consumer health informatics (CHI) is a sub-branch of health informatics that helps bridge the gap between patients and health resources.
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EuroHealthNet
EuroHealthNet is a non-profit partnership of organisations, agencies and statutory bodies working to contribute to a healthier Europe by promoting health and health equity between and within European countries.
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Food desert
A food desert is an area, especially one with low-income residents, that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food.
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Functional illiteracy
Functional illiteracy is reading and writing skills that are inadequate "to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level".
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Graph literacy
Graph literacy is the ability to understand information presented graphically, including general knowledge about how to extract information and make inferences from different graphical formats.
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Health blog
Health blogs are niche blogs that cover health topics, events and/or related content of the health industry and the general community.
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Health communication
Health communication is the study and practice of communicating promotional health information, such as in public health campaigns, health education, and between doctor and patient.
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Health education
Health education is a profession of educating people about health.
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Health promotion
Health promotion is "any planned combination of educational, political, environmental, regulatory, or organizational mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities".
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Ilona Kickbusch
Ilona Kickbusch (born 27 August 1948 in Munich, Germany) is a German political scientist best known for her contribution to health promotion and global health.
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Index of health articles
Health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.
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Institute for Healthcare Advancement
Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA) is a not-for-profit, private operating foundation providing health care and improving health literacy at the national level.
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International rankings of Iran
The following are international rankings for Iran.
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John A. Pollock (professor)
John A. Pollock, is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Duquesne University Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, where he researches and teaches molecular neurobiology.
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Kristen Dexter
Kristen Dexter (born July 20, 1961) is a Democratic Party politician and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, who represented the 68th Assembly District from 2009 to 2011.
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Literacy
Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.
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Mental health literacy
Mental health literacy has been defined as "knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders which aid their recognition, management or prevention.
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Numeracy
Numeracy is the ability to reason and to apply simple numerical concepts.
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Online health communities
Online health communities provide a means for patients and their families to learn about an illness, seek and offer support, and connect with others in similar circumstances.
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Patient safety
Patient safety is a discipline that emphasizes safety in health care through the prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of medical error that often leads to adverse effects.
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Person-centered care
In health care, person-centred care is where the patients actively participate in their own medical treatment in close cooperation with the health professionals.
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Perspectives in Public Health
Perspectives in Public Health (PPH) is a bi-monthly, peer-reviewed, academic journal that publishes papers in the field of public health.
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Physical therapy
Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions that, by using mechanical force and movements (bio-mechanics or kinesiology), manual therapy, exercise therapy, and electrotherapy, remediates impairments and promotes mobility and function.
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Refugee health
Refugee health, also known as migrant health or immigrant health, is the field of study on the health effects experienced by people who have moved into another country or even to another part of the world, either by choice or as a result of unsafe circumstances such as war or persecution.
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Regenerative Medicine Partnership in Education
The Regenerative Medicine Partnership in Education (RegMed or Partnership in Education) is a non-profit multidisciplinary health literacy and informal science education project working out of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Rhetoric of health and medicine
The Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (or Medical Rhetoric) is an academic discipline concerning language and symbols in health and medicine.
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Ronald S. Weinstein
Ronald S. Weinstein, M.D. (born November 20, 1938) is an American pathologist.
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Social determinants of health
The social determinants of health are linked to the economic and social conditions and their distribution among the population that influence individual and group differences in health status.
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Social media
Social media are computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.
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Teach-back method
The teach-back method, also called the "show-me" method, is a communication confirmation method used by healthcare providers to confirm whether a patient (or care takers) understands what is being explained to them.
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Theory of fundamental causes
In 1995, Jo C. Phelan and Bruce G. Link developed the theory of fundamental causes.
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Violence against doctors in China
Violence against doctors and other medical practitioners in China has been reported as an increasing problem.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_literacy
