Gianluca Quaglio|Kristine Sørensen|Paul Rübig|Luigi Bertinato|Helmut Brand|Theodoros Karapiperis|Irina Dinca|Terje Peetso|Karin Kadenbach|Claudio Dario
Accelerating the health literacy agenda in Europe
European Parliament|European Parliament|Regione del Veneto|European Parliament|European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control|European Commission|European Parliament|Regione del Veneto
health literacy defined knowledge motivation competence access understand appraise apply information make decisions terms healthcare disease prevention health promotion health literacy european public health challenge taken seriously policymakers constitutes emerging field policy research practice however recent research shown health literacy advancement still infancy europe reflected scarce scientific health literacy literature published european authors total 569 articles published 2011 subject first author 15 europe article conveys recommendations different european stakeholders accelerate health literacy agenda europe general introduction current status health literacy provided followed two cases applying health literacy areas prevention communicable diseases promotion digital health current eu strategies integrating health literacy listed followed examples challenges threatening development health literacy europe recommendations european stakeholders involved research policy practice education promote health literacy given vital european commission well european union member states take necessary steps increase health literacy individual organizational community regional national levels