Abel, Thomas (2013). Health literacy builds resilience among individuals and communities. In: Kickbusch, Ilona; Pelikan, Jürgen M.; Apfel, Franklin; Tsouros, Agis D. (eds.) Health literacy. The solid facts (pp. 22-23). Copenhagen: World Health Organization
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Health is created in the context of everyday life, and health literacy originates in and helps shape the sociocultural context in which people live. Empowerment, equity, co-production and cultural capital have been shown to be positively associated with
people’s health.
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Book Section (Report Section) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Abel, Thomas |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISBN: |
978 92 890 0015 4 |
Publisher: |
World Health Organization |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Doris Kopp Heim |
Date Deposited: |
30 Jun 2014 15:04 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:35 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.54130 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/54130 |
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