Developing health literacy skills in children and youth proceedings of a workshop

Young people develop health literacy skills in a variety of environments, facing critical thinking challenges about their health from school, home and family life, peers and social life, and online. To explore the development of health literacy skills in youth, the Roundtable on Health Literacy conv...

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Main Author: Wojtowicz, Alexis
Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Roundtable on Health Literacy, Developing Health Literacy Skills in Children and Youth (Workshop) (2019, Washington, D.C.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC National Academies Press [2020], 2020
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Summary:Young people develop health literacy skills in a variety of environments, facing critical thinking challenges about their health from school, home and family life, peers and social life, and online. To explore the development of health literacy skills in youth, the Roundtable on Health Literacy convened a workshop on November 19, 2019, in Washington, DC. Presenters at the workshop discussed factors relating to health literacy skills and ways to further develop those skills among youth from early childhood to young adulthood. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop
Physical Description:1 PDF file (xviii, 96 pages) illustrations
ISBN:0309681324
9780309681322