Investing in health literacy what do we know about the co-benefits to the education sector of actions targeted at children and young people?

1. Poor health literacy is detrimental to health across the life course and up to 47% of the European population are thought to have poor or inadequate levels of health literacy.2. Effective health literacy interventions can positively influence education and academic performance, which can have lon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDaid, David
Corporate Authors: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Other Authors: Richardson, Erica (Editor), Wismar, Matthias (Editor), Palm, W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen, Denmark European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies [2016], 2016
Series:Policy brief
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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  • Includes bibliographical references