A definition and operational framework for health numeracy.
Health numeracy has often been overshadowed by health literacy, either ignored completely or identified simply as a subset of health literacy. Only now are researchers beginning to realize the importance of health numeracy as a separate entity. One of the first steps in this evolution is to establish a distinct definition for health numeracy, something that has not been addressed in the literature to date. This paper proposes such a definition, as well as a set of clarifying categories in hopes of helping researchers both to advance the field of health numeracy and to focus their topics within the realm of health numeracy.
Golbeck
Amanda L
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Ahlers-Schmidt
Carolyn R
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Paschal
Angelia M
AM
Dismuke
S Edwards
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D003144:Communication Barriers; D004522:Educational Status; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000193:education