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| Title |
Health in the 'hidden population' of people with low literacy. A systematic review of the literature
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-10-459 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Phyllis Easton, Vikki A Entwistle, Brian Williams |
| Abstract |
Much of the evidence of an association between low functional or health literacy and poor health comes from studies that include people who have various cognitive difficulties or who do not speak the dominant language of their society. Low functional or health literacy among these people is likely to be evident in spoken conversation. However, many other people can talk readily about health and other issues but have problems using written information. Consequently, their difficulties may be far less evident to healthcare professionals, creating a 'hidden population' whose functional or health literacy problems have different implications because they are less likely to be recognised and addressed.We aimed to review published research to investigate relationships between low functional or health literacy and health in working age adults who can converse in the dominant language but have difficulty with written language. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 247 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 240 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 48 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 10% |
| Other | 22 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 9% |
| Researcher | 20 | 8% |
| Other | 59 | 24% |
| Unknown | 51 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 61 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 33 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 30 | 12% |
| Psychology | 16 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 38 | 15% |
| Unknown | 62 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 October 2020.
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#15,878,625
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#11,638
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#80,769
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#60
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