Role of public health literacy during COVID-19 pandemic, its implications and future recommendations- An analysis from India

CULTIVATION OF CADRE ROLE IN IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH LITERATION IN CIMANGGU VILLAGE OF BANDUNG BARAT DISTRICT. Community Service Activities has the objective to produce outcomes, namely: 1) Providing concrete knowledge and insight on the counseling of the role of cadres in improving public health literacy in the village Cimanggu, Bandung Barat District; 2) Provide an understanding of the importance of the role of cadres in improving the public health literacy in Cimanggu village, District of Bandung Barat. The method of PKM implementation conducted in this training activity is method of lecture method; Group discussion methods; and video playback methods. The conclusions of this PKM activity are: (1) As a benchmark for Kader members in Cimanggu village to be able to increase public health literacy for better village development; (2) Awakening PKM participants on the importance of the role of Cadres in improving public health literacy; (3) Increasing awareness of PKM participants on the importance of increasing public health literacy in order to support the successful development of Cimanggu village.

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Investigating the Relationships Between Public Health Literacy and Public Trust in Physicians in China's Control of COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Public Health ◽

10.3389/fpubh.2021.758529 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Dongjin Chen ◽

Qian Zhou ◽

Cornelius B. Pratt ◽

Zhenhua Su ◽

Zheng Gu

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Literacy ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Public Trust ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Association Coefficient ◽

Solid Foundation ◽

Trust In Physicians ◽

Public Health Literacy

Objective: Public trust in physicians and public health literacy (HL) are important factors that ensure the effectiveness of health-care delivery, particularly that provided during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This study investigates HL as a predictor of public trust in physicians in China's ongoing efforts to control COVID-19.Methods: Data were gathered in February 2020 during the peak of the disease in China. Based on Nutbeam's conceptualization of HL, we measure HL vis-à-vis COVID-19 by using a six-item scale that includes two items each for functional, interactive, and critical HL. Trust in physicians was measured by assessing physicians' capability to diagnose COVID-19. A rank-sum test and ordinal logit regression modeling were used to analyze the data.Results: Two key findings: (a) trust in physician handling of treatment for COVID-19 is reported by about 74% of respondents; and (b) five of the six HL measures are positive predictors of public trust in physician treatment of the disease, with functional HL1 having the highest level of such association (coefficient 0.285, odds ratio 1.33%, p < 0.01).Conclusions: Improving public HL is important for better public-physician relationships, as well as for nations' efforts to contain the pandemic, serving as a possible behavioral, non-clinical antidote to COVID-19. Being confronted with the unprecedented virus, humans need trust. Health education and risk communication can improve public compliance with physicians' requirements and build a solid foundation for collective responses.

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Kids SIPsmartER: A Feasibility Study to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Middle School Youth in Central Appalachia

American Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.1177/0890117117715052 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 32 (6) ◽

pp. 1386-1401 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Hannah Lane ◽

Kathleen J. Porter ◽

Erin Hecht ◽

Priscilla Harris ◽

Vivica Kraak ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Middle School ◽

Health Literacy ◽

Media Literacy ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Large Scale ◽

School Setting ◽

Random Order ◽

Process Data ◽

Public Health Literacy

Purpose: To test the feasibility of Kids SIP smartER, a school-based intervention to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Design: Matched-contact randomized crossover study with mixed-methods analysis. Setting: One middle school in rural, Appalachian Virginia. Participants: Seventy-four sixth and seventh graders (5 classrooms) received Kids SIP smartER in random order over 2 intervention periods. Feasibility outcomes were assessed among 2 teachers. Intervention: Kids SIP smartER consisted of 6 lessons grounded in the Theory of Planned Behavior, media literacy, and public health literacy and aimed to improve individual SSB behaviors and understanding of media literacy and prevalent regional disparities. The matched-contact intervention promoted physical activity. Measures: Beverage Intake Questionnaire-15 (SSB consumption), validated theory questionnaires, feasibility questionnaires (student and teacher), student focus groups, teacher interviews, and process data (eg, attendance). Analysis: Repeated measures analysis of variances across 3 time points, descriptive statistics, and deductive analysis of qualitative data. Results: During the first intervention period, students receiving Kids SIP smartER (n = 43) significantly reduced SSBs by 11 ounces/day ( P = .01) and improved media ( P < .001) and public health literacy ( P < .01) understanding; however, only media literacy showed between-group differences ( P < .01). Students and teachers found Kids SIP smartER acceptable, in-demand, practical, and implementable within existing resources. Conclusion: Kids SIP smartER is feasible in an underresourced, rural school setting. Results will inform further development and large-scale testing of Kids SIP smartER to reduce SSBs among rural adolescents.

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Public Health Literacy Defined

American Journal of Preventive Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.amepre.2009.02.001 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 36 (5) ◽

pp. 446-451 ◽

Cited By ~ 127

Author(s):

Darcy A. Freedman ◽

Kimberly D. Bess ◽

Holly A. Tucker ◽

David L. Boyd ◽

Arleen M. Tuchman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Literacy ◽

Public Health Literacy

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Public Health Literacy for Lawyers

The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics ◽

10.1111/j.1748-720x.2003.tb00136.x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 701-713 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Wendy E. Parmet ◽

Anthony Robbins

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Critical Role ◽

The Public ◽

Health Measures ◽

Public Health Professionals ◽

The World ◽

Key Issues ◽

Public Health Literacy

Public health professionals recognize the critical role the law plays in determining the success of public health measures. Even before September 11, 2001, public health experience with tobacco use, HIV, industrial pollution and other potent threats to the health of the public demonstrated that laws can assist or thwart public health efforts. The new focus on infectious threats and bioterrorism, starting with the anthrax attacks through the mail and continuing with SARS, has highlighted the important role of law.For lawyers to serve as effective partners in public health, they should have a basic familiarity with public health: how public health professionals see the world and the key issues they tackle. A practical grasp of public health can be acquired, and often is acquired, “on the job.”

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