| Title | Considering children and health literacy: a theoretical approach. | | Author(s) | Borzekowski DL | | Institution | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, 624 N Broadway, 745, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. dborzeko@jhsph.edu | | Source | Pediatrics 2009 Nov.:S282-8. | | Abstract | The theoretical approaches of Paulo Freire, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotsky frame the consideration of children and health literacy. This article includes a general discussion of literacy from the Freirian perspective. A definition of health literacy is then presented; first, the established meaning is introduced, but then a Freirian extension is proposed. Next, the theories of cognitive development by Piaget and Vygotsky are discussed, and examples related to children's health literacy are given. Finally, there is a discussion of why it is important to encourage and enable health literacy among children and adolescents. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19861482 |
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