Community-based initiatives improving critical health literacy: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence

BMC Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  De Wit, Liesbeth ^a   Fenenga, Christine ^a,b   Giammarchi, Cinzia ^c   Di Furia, Lucia ^c   Hutter, Inge ^d   De Winter, Andrea ^e   Meijering, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Regional Agency for Health   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communities; Community based initiatives; Critical health literacy; Meta synthesis; Older adults; Qualitative data analysis; Social and cultural context; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; COMMUNITY CARE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85025088832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4570-7     Document Type: Review

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