Biosystems and Environmental Engineering Research Group, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. Electronic address: wgwenzi@agric.uz.ac.zw.
Immigrants might be perceived as a threat to a country's jobs, security, and cultural identity. In this study, we aimed to test whether individuals with higher numerical, scientific, and economic lite...
Physical literacy (PL) is considered an important determinant of children's physical activity through which health benefits may be derived. The purpose of this study is to describe a sample of Canadia...
All grade two children in 14 elementary schools in the West Vancouver School District, Canada were invited to participate in a two-year longitudinal project. PL was assessed through PLAYfun and PLAYse...
A total of 355 children aged 7-9 (183 boys, 166 girls, 6 non-binary) participated with 258 children providing valid accelerometer data. Children exhibited an average of 111.1 min of MVPA per day, with...
Although most of our sample was physically active and showed higher adherence to 24-H movement guidelines than comparable population data, the motor competence and self-perceived PL of our sample were...
Children who like to read and write tend to be better at it. This association is typically interpreted as enjoyment impacting engagement in literacy activities, which boosts literacy skills. We fitted...
Analysis of the concept of hypertension literacy to ensure clarity, reduce ambiguities and promote consistency in usage....
Walker and Avant's concept analysis method was adopted....
Searched four electronic databases using keywords combined with the appropriate Boolean operators. After removing duplicates, thirty titles were identified, and ten articles met the basic criteria for...
Hypertension literacy's defining attributes were hypertension information search skills, comprehension of numeracy associated with blood pressure and medication and utilization of hypertension prevent...
We examined whether low literacy skills are a risk factor for occupational injury during a 5.3-year follow-up period....
The study population was taken from the Danish participants in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) in 2011/2012. Literacy skills were based on the PIAAC survey...
Literacy skills were divided into four categories based on the six levels of skills in PIAAC. With the highest level of literacy skills as the reference (level 4/5), the hazard ratios for occupational...
Employees with a low level of literacy skills are at a higher risk of occupational injury than employees with a high level of literacy skills....
Nutrition health has become a major public health issue in both high and middle-income countries. Nutrition literacy is an important indicator to evaluate the effect of public health intervention and ...
We conducted a cross-sectional online survey of college students from April to November 2022 in Wuhan (N = 774). We employed the Cronbach's alpha coefficient, exploratory and confirmatory factor analy...
The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the NLAQ and its dimension was ranging from 0.837 to 0.909. The common factors were consistent with the original dimensions. All indicators met the requirements (χ...
The NLAQ has good reliability and validity, and could be used as a measurement tool to evaluate college students' nutrition literacy. Schools and families should take targeted measures to improve the ...
Pharmacogenomics (PGx) implementation into clinical care is rapidly increasing in China. However, the extent to which the public understands PGx testing and important knowledge domains requiring patie...
To address vaccine hesitancy, specific self-rated tools have been developed to assess vaccine literacy (VL) related to COVID-19, including additional variables, such as beliefs, behavior, and willingn...
Because of the expansion of telehealth services through the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the potential of telemedicine in plastic surgery has gained visibility. Thi...
The authors created a telemedicine literacy index (TLI) using a multivariate regression model and data from the US Census and Pew Research Institute survey. A multivariate regression model was created...
On multivariable analysis, the following factors were found to be significantly associated with telemedicine literacy: age, sex, race, employment status, income level, marital status, educational atta...
These results highlight disadvantaged groups at risk of being underserved with telehealth. Using these findings, key stakeholders may be able to target these communities for interventions to increase ...
Depression is a major social concern in Japan. It is therefore necessary to develop a scale in Japanese that can assess depression literacy....
The present study aimed to develop the Japanese version of the Depression Literacy Scale (D-Lit-J), and examined its validity and reliability....
Three groups were administered the D-Lit-J, including 117 first-year university English literature students, 112 first-year medical school students, and 53 psychiatrists. Among these, 112 (95.7%), 112...
The total D-Lit-J scores (mean ±...
The D-Lit-J showed a credible known-group validity, with good internal and test-retest reliabilities. Additional studies with a greater variety of subjects and that examine concurrent or discriminant ...
