Establishing the efficacy of interventions to improve health literacy and health behaviours: a systematic review

Ronie Walters; Stephen J Leslie; Rob Polson; Tara Cusack; Trish Gorely

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Establishing the efficacy of interventions to improve health literacy and health behaviours: a systematic review

Ronie Walters, Stephen J Leslie, Rob Polson, Tara Cusack, Trish Gorely

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Background
The primary aim of this review was to establish whether health literacy interventions, in adults, are effective for improving health literacy. Two secondary aims assessed the impact of health literacy interventions on health behaviours and whether health literacy interventions have been conducted in cardiovascular patients.

Original language	English
Article number	1040
Pages (from-to)	1-17
Number of pages	17
Journal	BMC Public Health
Volume	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08991-0
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2020

Keywords

Health literacy
Behaviour change
Cardiovascular disease
Systematic review
Interventions

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