Migrant domestic workers support many Hong Kong working families in childcare and household duties but their own personal needs seldom receive significant attention.
May 21, 2024
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Patients with lung cancer who were Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or Hispanic experienced a higher intensity of end-of-life care compared to white patients, according to a Northwestern Medicine population-based analysis published ...
May 8, 2024
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Health literacy and education are pivotal for shaping effective health policies, yet the integration of research findings into policy-making processes remains a challenge. Prior studies indicate a disconnect between academic ...
Apr 2, 2024
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Low health literacy is a problem for a substantial proportion of people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to research published in The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (JHTR).
Mar 29, 2024
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Most students in German schools rate their health as good. However, almost all of them get too little physical activity and their health situation is heavily dependent on wealth, age and gender. These are some of the findings ...
Mar 4, 2024
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October is National Health Literacy Month. Health literacy refers to the ability of people to find, understand, and use information and services to make informed health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.
Oct 26, 2023
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Self-medication refers to the use of over-the-counter (OTC) medication and other means of dealing with individual health problems. Self-medication is promoted as a policy measure for reducing unnecessary visits to medical ...
Aug 1, 2023
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Researchers at RMIT University have helped map European health and digital health literacy, in an important step towards informing health policy and practice across the region.
Aug 1, 2023
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"Upstream" causes of health inequities related to stroke, such as structural racism and structural conditions of the places where people live, learn, work and play, have not been studied well, according to a new American ...
May 15, 2023
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A new study showed that lower health literacy was significantly associated with lower adherence to medication among Black Medicaid beneficiaries with hypertension in Delaware. The study, with additional findings, is published ...
May 3, 2023
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