Browsing Health Promotion (Scholarly Articles) by Author "McKenna, Verna B."
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Facilitators and barriers to the development of health literacy capacities over time for self-management
McKenna, Verna B.; Sixsmith, Jane; Barry, Margaret M. (SLACK Incorporated, 2020-05-12)Health literacy is a dynamic construct that is content and context specific. An understanding of the facilitators and barriers involved in the development of health literacy over time can provide important insights for the ... -
The relevance of context in understanding health literacy skills: findings from a qualitative study
McKenna, Verna B.; Sixsmith, Jane; Barry, Margaret M. (Wiley, 2017-04-12)BackgroundConceptualizing health literacy as a relational concept, which involves how individuals interact with complex health and social systems, requires a greater understanding of the context of people's health ...