Hello

I have two questions regarding health literacy which we define as, 
"the ability to access, understand, evaluate and communicate 
information as a way to promote, maintain and improve health in a 
variety of settings across the life-course" (Rootman & 
Gordon-El-Bihbety, 2008)".

First, if you had a Venn diagram with three circles: health 
education, health promotion and health literacy, what would it look 
like?  (i.e., the degree of overlap of the domains).

Second, what would you place among the top ten 'facts' regarding 
health literacy? (i.e., things like its importance, relations to 
behavior or health, or other determinants of health, etc, etc.)  What 
you place on a Health Literacy Information Sheet for decision makers.

Hope my questions are not too much.  All responses are greatly 
appreciated and I'm happy to compile and share them.  Jim

Dr. Jim Frankish
Professor, Human Early Learning Partnership, College for 
Interdisciplinary Studies, UBC
Professor, School of Population & Public Health, UBC; Director, 
Centre for Population Health Promotion Research
Member, National Research-Training Program on Population Health Interventions
Senior Scholar, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (Past)
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