Young Norwegians Find Health Information Easily but Struggle to Judge It
A study of 538 young adults in Northern Norway finds that judging health information is consistently harder than finding it, ...
Tag: health literacy
Italian Parents Show High Vaccine Trust But Lack Deep Factual Knowledge
A national survey of Italian families reveals that while most parents consider pediatric vaccines essential for health, only a small ...
Stakeholders Back Lung Cancer Screening in Flanders, but Warn Stigma and Capacity Gaps Could Undermine It
Interviews with 22 healthcare professionals and 13 potential participants in Flanders reveal broad support for population-based lung cancer screening alongside ...
Positive attitudes toward physical activity tied to well-being in cancer patients
A German cross-sectional study of 316 cancer patients found that positive attitudes and expectations toward physical activity, but not self-reported ...
Italian Study Reveals High Health Literacy Challenges Among Early Adolescents in Umbria
A cross-sectional study in Umbria, Italy, found that over half of adolescents reported difficulties processing health information and more than ...
Nurses Hold the Key to Cardiac Rehabilitation for Heart Failure Patients
A systematic review of 17 studies finds that barriers to cardiac rehabilitation in heart failure span patients, health systems, and ...
Before Treatment Begins, Lung and Head and Neck Cancer Patients Know Little About Exercise
A qualitative study of 14 Brazilian patients found that before starting treatment for lung or head and neck cancer, most ...
Knowledge Gaps and Low Screening Uptake Among Bulgarian Female Medical Students
A cross-sectional study of 277 female students at the Medical University of Sofia found that despite generally high awareness of ...
Personality, Family Health and Health Literacy Linked in Older Chinese Adults
A nationwide cross-sectional survey of 4,334 Chinese adults aged 60 or older found that family health was strongly associated with ...
Norwegian Teenagers Fall Into Four Distinct Health Literacy Groups, Study Finds
A cross-sectional study of 440 Norwegian adolescents aged 14 to 16 identified four distinct health literacy clusters and linked lower ...
Psychometric properties of the health literacy instrument for Iranian community-dwelling older adults (HELIO)
A 28-item health literacy scale showed strong overall validity and internal consistency in a psychometric study of 495 community-dwelling older ...
Health literacy linked to metabolic syndrome prevalence in Korean adults
A nationwide cross-sectional KNHANES analysis found that adequate health literacy was associated with about 10% lower metabolic syndrome prevalence after ...
Pharmacist-Led Online Lesson Followed by Higher Self-Reported Medicine Knowledge in Slovak Adolescents
A pre–post study of Slovak secondary school students found that a single 70-minute pharmacist-led online session was followed by higher ...
POLST Forms Make CPR Orders Visible but Leave Post-Decision Care Unspoken
A descriptive communication analysis of printable POLST forms across 51 U.S. jurisdictions finds that CPR orders are made visible and ...
AI-generated high-intensity interval training information: a cross-sectional comparative evaluation of quality and readability
A standardized evaluation of 56 chatbot responses to 14 real search queries about high-intensity interval training found that Perplexity received ...
Concept analysis defines serious games for youth health education
A nursing-science concept analysis based on 30 publications defines serious games in youth health education by their purposeful mechanics, health ...
Conceptual framework links generative-AI health safeguards to five decision functions
A theory-based synthesis proposes five user and workforce functions, organizational controls and multilevel safeguards for safer decisions from conversational generative-AI ...
Access to prescription medication labels in Spanish from community pharmacies
A mixed-methods study of 30 Spanish-preferred adults with limited English proficiency found that only 23% had received a Spanish medication ...
AI chatbots differ in reliability, usefulness and readability for dental implant questions
A comparative study of 99 dental-implant questions found that DeepSeek led in expert-rated reliability, ChatGPT in usefulness, and DeepSeek and ...
Community pharmacists’ strategies and barriers in supporting medication adherence in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study
A cross-sectional survey of 345 licensed Saudi community pharmacists mapped self-reported medication-adherence strategies, attitudes and perceived barriers without measuring patient ...
