Global Health Literacy

Dear Colleagues,

The increased attention to the importance of health literacy for quality of life, health care, disease prevention, and health promotion has led to a growth in the global health literacy community. Health literacy plays an essential role in accelerating sustainable development, and it is of great importance that we continue to improve research, policy, practice, and education to provide a sound evidence base for the global health literacy community to build on. Additionally, we must bridge research gaps and push for a stronger theoretical foundation of health literacy.

Recognizing that health literacy is two-sided—focusing on both the individual skills as well as the competence of systems and organizations to meet people’s needs—this issue offers an opportunity to publish high-quality, interdisciplinary research reporting on topics relating to global health literacy developments from all parts of the world and within a wide range of settings. We welcome manuscripts specifically focusing on health literacy and global health, international health, SDGs, health behaviors, health outcomes, quality of life, the emergence of respiratory virus infection, noncommunicable diseases, health promotion, disease prevention, health care, health systems, health advocacy, health policy, health communication, capacity building, organizational development, co-production, interventions, cultural competency, eHealth, and innovations for future health.

Dr. Kristine Sorensen
Dr. Duong Van Tuyen
Prof. Dr. Elena Carbo
Collection Editors

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