Community-based initiatives improving critical health literacy: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Critical health literacy enables older adults to make informed health decisions and take actions for the health and wellbeing of themselves and their community, within their own social and cultural context. A community-based approach has the potential to improve the critical health literacy of older adults and their communities. However, it is not clear how such initiatives consider critical health literacy. Therefore, this study explored how community-based initiatives address the critical health literacy of older adults and their communities.

Methods

A systematic literature search was conducted. Two reviewers independently screened titles and abstracts, as well as the quality of the methodological and community-based elements of the studies. In addition, a meta-

SUBMITTER: de Wit L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5520348 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature