Health literacy: let's think again
I don't really like the term ‘health literacy’. Not many people really understand what it means, which is a bit ironic when you think about it. My unofficial definition of health literacy is ‘the c...
I've got a long-term condition: get me out of here!
Imagine you will no longer be allowed to live your life the way you have been used to. Instead you are to live in the jungle where you will remain for the rest of your days. You face an unfamili...
Using a health literacy approach to generate improvements for people with long-term conditions
Run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with West End Family Health and HealthWORKS in Newcastle, UK and Deakin University in Australia. Focusing on people with long...
Enabling people to self manage musculoskeletal pain
This project, led by Sloan Medical Centre in Sheffield, aimed to investigate whether a web-based resource could help people with chronic musculoskeletal pain improve their health literacy and self-...
