Accessibility - Health Literacy - Health Information / Sarah Ahrens, [and five others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahrens, Sarah, author.

Series:

Easy - plain - accessible ; Volume 11.

Easy - Plain - Accessible

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in medicine.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (235 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Frank & Timme, 2022.

Summary:

Recent studies show that more than half of the German population have difficulties in accessing, understanding, appraising, and applying health information, thus giving accessibility in health communication new traction. This volume links research and practice in the areas of accessible communication, health information and health literacy. The articles focus on these fields from a methodological, text and/or user perspective. The authors examine how to improve accessibility of research methods and how to adapt existing methods to answer questions about accessibility of health information. They discuss accessibility of text types and link accessibility to individual, organisational and professional health literacy. Contributions also give insight to the implementation of Easy and Plain Language in health information. All articles stem from different fields: in bringing them together, this volume fosters interdisciplinary exchange to communicate accessible health information and methods to specific vulnerable target groups.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Sarah Ahrens / Rebecca Schulz / Kro¨ger Janina / Sergio Herna´ndez Garrido / Loraine Keller / Isabel Rink

Accessible Communication and Health Literacy

Ruth J. P. Dalemans / Stephanie von Helden-Lenzen / Steffy Stans

The futility of asking incomprehensible questions: making questionnaires communication-friendly

Nicola Ha¨berle

Accessibility as a tool for health-literate organizations

Communication, access and navigation in organizational health literacy models and questionnaires

Julian Ho¨rner Accessible and reliable health information on the internet

How we introduced Plain Language to apotheken-umschau.de

a project report

Loraine Keller

Digital Participation or Digital Divide ?

The role of the media barrier, acceptance and trust in health information from the perspective of elderly users

Janina Kro¨ger / Sarah Ahrens

An interdisciplinary approach to translation-oriented text analysis in intralingual translation research

Kristin Leyerer / Anja Tu¨chler / Rita Schmutzler / Susanne Weg-Remers Providing Evidence-Based Health Information in Easy and Plain Language

Procedures and Experiences of the Cancer Information Service

Janine Michele / Martin Silke

Health literacy

Perspectives from occupational action of health care professionals

Giulia Pedrini

Diathesis in comprehensibility-enhanced texts in the medical field

An analysis of layperson summaries of clinical trials

Isabel Rink / Rebecca Schulz

Data collection in the field of Accessible Health Communication.

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