Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2012
Scholarship Domain(s)
Scholarship of Discovery
Abstract
Health literacy has emerged as a focus of increasing research in the medical literature, yet it has received little attention in the nutrition literature. Because nutrition practice is an important sector of the health care environment and reduced health literacy confers known health consequences, dietitians should be equipped with an understanding of how health literacy extends to nutritional care. Identification instruments that are available fail to provide an understanding of nutrition literacy. Nutrition literacy may include knowledge of nutrition principles and nutrition skills. Additional research into the development of appropriate nutrition literacy tools and their application is needed.
Recommended Citation
Gibbs, Heather, and Karen Chapman-Novakofski. "A Review of Health Literacy and Its Relationship to Nutrition Education." Topics in Clinical Nutrition 27.4 (2012): 325-333.
Comments
Post-print of article published in the October-December 2012 issue of Topics in Clinical Nutrition.