Health Literacy and School-Based Health Education
eBook - PDF

Health Literacy and School-Based Health Education

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Health Literacy and School-Based Health Education

About this book

This volume examines the relationship between health literacy and health outcomes, and the role of schools in promoting health literacy through the curriculum. The volume utilizes research, literature reviews and case studies that examine how education can support health literacy development as a vital 21st century citizenship competency. The volume specifically describes the concept of health literacy, and its crucial importance to individuals and society worldwide. It examines the role of the school in fostering health literate youth and what schools can do to provide youth with the tools to become health literate citizens. Including comments from leaders in the field as well as relevant research, and directives for practice, this volume will be of value to those interested in maximising the opportunities of youth and for conceptualising how small changes implemented in the school and across curricula over the course of the formative education period are strongly recommended. The volume aims to stress the importance of the relationship between literacy and health, health literacy and academic achievement, and health literacy and overall individual and societal well-being and citizenship. How health literacy impacts us all, as well as how the school as an educational venue can help to produce health literate citizens is specifically discussed.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Health Literacy and School-Based Health Education
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Preface: A Health Literacy Syllabus
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Health Literacy: What Is It and Why Should We Care?
  10. 2. Health Literacy, Health and Academic Status
  11. 3. Healthy Literacy Skills Needed by Children, Teachers and Parents
  12. 4. Strategies for Measuring and Maximizing Health Literacy of Youth
  13. 5. Secondary Strategies for Maximizing Health Literacy of Youth
  14. 6. Future Directions: How to Organize Classroom Practices to Support the Development of Holistic Health Literacy
  15. Afterword: The Health Literacy Report Card
  16. Resources for Promoting Health Literacy in Schools
  17. Appendix A
  18. Appendix B
  19. About the authors
  20. Subject Index