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Diehl, Sandra J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Building health literacy skills among adult learners has the potential to contribute to efforts to eliminate health disparities and improve health outcomes. Adults with limited literacy skills are more likely to be underserved by health services and at risk for poorer health. Recognition of the need for stronger health literacy skills and a desire…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Promotion, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Pleasant, Andrew – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Over the past decade, the field of health literacy has advanced from providing limited tools for simplifying language into the basis for a viable theory of the complex relationship between knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and health outcomes, ranging from the individual to the societal level. While roughly a decade passed between what seem to be…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change, Literacy
Larson, Desi – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
To improve current civil society and achieve the possibilities globalization offers, we must incorporate an education-for-empowerment approach to lifelong learning. This chapter explores the potential, promise, and implications for local action and dialogue.
Descriptors: Global Approach, Lifelong Learning, Role of Education, Educational Objectives