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&NA;. "The Newest Vital Sign?" Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 38, no. 5 (October 2006): 335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01376517-200610000-00001.

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Weiss, Barry D. "The Newest Vital Sign: Frequently Asked Questions." HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice 2, no. 3 (July 1, 2018): e125-e127. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20180530-02.

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Martins, Anabela, and Isabel Andrade. "Adaptação cultural e validação da versão portuguesa de Newest Vital Sign." Revista de Enfermagem Referência IV Série, no. 3 (December 12, 2014): 75–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.12707/riii1399.

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Weiss, Barry D. "The Use of the Newest Vital Sign in Children." HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice 3, no. 1 (February 1, 2019): e19-e19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20190122-02.

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Haynes, Beverly B., and Nancy T. Browne. "Childhood Obesity, Health Literacy, and the Newest Vital Sign." Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing 5, no. 2 (2016): 32–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/jps.0000000000000095.

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Stagliano, V., and L. S. Wallace. "Brief Health Literacy Screening Items Predict Newest Vital Sign Scores." Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 26, no. 5 (September 1, 2013): 558–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.05.130096.

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Ahrens, Tom. "Monitoring carbon dioxide in critical care: the newest vital sign?" Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America 16, no. 3 (September 2004): 445–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2004.05.002.

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Paiva, Dagmara, Susana Silva, Milton Severo, Pedro Moura-Ferreira, Nuno Lunet, and Ana Azevedo. "Limited Health Literacy in Portugal Assessed with the Newest Vital Sign." Acta Médica Portuguesa 30, no. 12 (December 29, 2017): 861. http://dx.doi.org/10.20344/amp.9135.

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Introduction: In Portugal, health literacy has started to be addressed through national policies, but research on the topic is still scarce. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of limited health literacy in Portugal using an existing health literacy instrument, the Newest Vital Sign.Materials and Methods: Following cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument, a sample of 249 participants was evaluated to assess reliability and construct validity of the Newest Vital Sign; the latter was tested assuming physicians would score highest, followed by health researchers, then by engineering researchers and finally by laypersons from the general population. We applied this validated version in a representative sample of 1544 Portuguese-speaking residents in Portugal aged between 16 and 79 years and quantified the associations between limited health literacy and sociodemographic characteristics.Results: The instrument showed high reliability (Cronbach’s α = 0.85). Health-related occupation showed association with higher scores in the Newest Vital Sign (p trend < 0.001). The prevalence of limited health literacy in the Portuguese population was 72.9% (95% CI: 69.4 - 76.4). We found no differences between men and women, but persons with limited health literacy were significantly older (p < 0.001) and less educated (p < 0.001).Discussion: The burden of limited health literacy in Portugal is higher than that in other European countries. It should drive a universal precautions approach to health communication at all levels of the health system.Conclusion: We validated a brief and simple instrument and estimated the prevalence of limited health literacy in the literate Portuguese population at roughly three out of four people.
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Howe, Carol J., Gina Alexander, Christine Van Scoyoc, and Jada L. Stevenson. "Reply to: The Use of the Newest Vital Sign in Children." HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice 3, no. 1 (February 1, 2019): e20-e20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20190122-04.

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Allen, Marin P., and M. Elaine Auld. "Is Further Research on the Newest Vital Sign in Children Necessary?" HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice 3, no. 3 (August 1, 2019): e194-e194. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20190705-01.

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Rowlands, Gill, Nina Khazaezadeh, Eugene Oteng-Ntim, Paul Seed, Suzanne Barr, and Barry Weiss. "Development and validation of a measure of health literacy in the UK: the newest vital sign." BioMed Central, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610094.

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BACKGROUND:Health literacy (HL) is an important public health issue. Current measures have drawbacks in length and/or acceptability. The US-developed Newest Vital Sign (NVS) health literacy instrument measures both reading comprehension and numeracy skills using a nutrition label, takes 3 minutes to administer, and has proven to be acceptable to research subjects. This study aimed to amend and validate it for the UK population.METHODS:We used a three-stage process
(1) a Delphi study with academic and clinical experts to amend the NVS label to reflect UK nutrition labeling (2) community-based cognitive testing to assess and improve ease of understanding and acceptability of the test (3) validation of the NVS-UK against an accepted standard test of health literacy, the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) (Pearson's r and the area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve) and participant educational level. A sample size calculation indicated that 250 participants would be required. Inclusion criteria were age 18-75 years and ability to converse in English. We excluded people working in the health field and those with impaired vision or inability to undertake the interview due to cognitive impairment or inability to converse in English.RESULTS:In the Delphi study, 28 experts reached consensus (3 cycles). Cognitive testing (80 participants) yielded an instrument that needed no further refinement. Validation testing (337 participants) showed high internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.74). Validation against the TOFHLA demonstrated a Pearson's r of 0.49 and an area under the ROC curve of 0.81.CONCLUSIONS:The NVS-UK is a valid measure of HL. Its acceptability and ease of application makes it an ideal tool for use in the UK. It has potential uses in public health research including epidemiological surveys and randomized controlled trials, and in enabling practitioners to tailor care to patient need.
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Rodrigues, Renne. "Adaptação transcultural e validação da ferramenta "Newest Vital Sign" para avaliação do letramento em saúde em professores." Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014. http://www.bibliotecadigital.uel.br/document/?code=vtls000190107.

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Letramento em saúde (LS) é uma habilidade cognitivo-intelectual para obtenção e processamento de informações em saúde. Constitui um fator que pode influenciar diferentes desfechos em saúde, uma vez que se baseia em capacidades cognitivas essenciais para o entendimento de informações sobre saúde. Por essa razão, estudos que investigam o LS têm sido realizados em diferentes populações, evidenciando-se associações com estilo de vida, comorbidades e mortalidade. Nesse contexto, os professores constituem um grupo populacional de especial interesse, pois avaliar o LS desses profissionais poderia ajudar a compreender certas relações entre saúde, estilo de vida e o trabalho docente e, além disso, a identificar hábitos e comportamentos modificáveis e subgrupos que necessitem de maior atenção à saúde. Até o presente momento, não se encontra no Brasil instrumento validado adequado para a avaliação do LS em professores. Assim, este trabalho visa à adaptação transcultural e validação, para aplicação em professores, da ferramenta de avaliação do LS Newest Vital Sign, composta por seis questões e de aplicação simples e rápida. Foram seguidas as etapas para adaptação transcultural: tradução, retradução e revisão por um Comitê de Especialistas. O teste de validação final foi realizado em 301 professores de educação básica da rede estadual de ensino de Londrina, Estado do Paraná, Brasil, avaliando-se consistência interna e validade de constructo. Como resultado, a ferramenta em validação apresentou boa adaptação transcultural, com alfa de Cronbach de 0,74. A validade de constructo foi evidenciada frente às características da população, de modo que o LS inadequado associou-se à maior idade, não observação de informações nutricionais e pior estado de saúde autorreferido. Com base nesses resultados, concluiu-se que a ferramenta Newest Vital Sign, na versão em Português do Brasil (NVS-BR), possui boa validade em professores da educação básica e pode ser utilizada para rastreamento de letramento em saúde inadequado.
Health literacy (HL) is a cognitive-intellectual ability for obtaining and processing health information. Is a factor that may influence different health outcomes as it is based on cognitive skills essential for understanding health related information. Therefore, studies investigating the HL have been conducted in different populations, showing associations with lifestyle, comorbidities and mortality. In this context, teachers are a population group of special interest because evaluating the HL of these professionals could help to understand certain relationships between health, lifestyle and teaching work, and furthermore, to identify modifiable behaviors and habits, and subgroups who need to better care of their health. A validated tool for the assessment of HL in teachers has not been found in Brazil, this work aims the cross-cultural adaptation and validation, for the application to teachers, of the HL evaluation tool, Newest Vital Sign, consisting of six questions and of quick and simple application. The steps for cross-cultural adaptation were the translation, back translation and review by a Committee of Experts. The final validation test was performed in 301 basic education teachers of the state schools in Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil, to evaluate internal consistency and construct validity. As a result, the tool on validation showed good cross-cultural adaptation, with Cronbach's alpha of 0.74. Construct validity was compared to the characteristics of the population, so that inadequate HL was associated with older age, non-observation of nutritional information and worse self-reported health status. Based on these results, it was concluded that the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Newest Vital Sign tool (NVS-BR) has good validity in basic education teachers and can be used to trace inadequate health literacy.
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Kopulos, Marion Ines. "Effects of Teach-Back on Children’s Treatment in Parents with Low Health Literacy." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7687.

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Health literacy (HL) skills are necessary to understand the context of medical information provided to patients in all settings including the emergency room. People with low health literacy (LHL) have difficulty comprehending and implementing basic tasks such as understanding medication administration. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study guided by Orem’s self-care theory was to determine the effect of using the teach-back method for discharge instructions compared to standard written instructions based on parents’ learning style and HL skills assessed during their visit to the emergency room. The Newest Vital Sign (NVS) tool was reworded to assess the parents’ HL. A panel of experts reviewed the tool independently, judged appropriateness and accuracy of the questions, and suggested minor changes. Interrater reliability was assessed in a pilot study with 14 participants, and the strength of the agreement was classified as good (κ = 0.61–0.80) to very good (κ = 0.81–1.00). The NVS was used to determine the literacy levels of 16 participants. The data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test to compare the median scores in comprehension, adherence, and recall. Results revealed no statistically significant increase in comprehension adherence and recall when using the teach-back method (n = 9) compared to the standard written instructions (n = 7). The small sample size was a limitation. Modifying teaching methods for those with LHL to assure complete understanding of important health information will affect positive social change. Further research addressing low health literacy in parents who speak languages other than English is necessary to assure the results are applicable to the general population.
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Morgan, Sharla E. "Relationship of Demographic Characteristics and BMI with Health Literacy in Pacific Islander Care-Giving Adults." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3652.

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Purpose: Health literacy and obesity are major global issues. Vulnerable populations, such as those with low health literacy, have the highest rates of obesity. Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) nations have the highest prevalence of obesity in the world. This study describes the relationship between health literacy and demographic variables in a sample of NHOPI caregiving adults. Methods: We conducted a correlational study of 364 NHOPI adults. Each was a caregiver of at least one NHOPI child. Data were collected at grocery stores and a preschool in two Hawaiian Islands (n=209) and at NHOPI events in Utah (n=155). Our questionnaire included demographics, the Newest Vital Sign, and questions about caregivers' food-serving and activity promotion. Results: 45% of the sample had limited health literacy. There was no significant difference between participants' health literacy in Hawaii and Utah. Other demographic variables (gender, age, income, BMI, and education) had a significant relationship with health literacy. Conclusions: Many NHOPIs have limited health literacy. This is concerning as limited health literacy can reduce an adults' ability to use health-related materials including nutrition facts labels.Implications for Practice: Health care providers should not assume NHOPIs understand nutrition facts labels. Instruction on nutrition facts labels should be available in schools and communities. Future research should examine effective interventions for this population.
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lastrucci, vieri. "L’Health Literacy come strumento al servizio della sanità pubblica: la misurazione dei livelli e delle associazioni dell’Health Literacy in un campione di popolazione generale e la validazione di nuovi strumenti di misura." Doctoral thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2158/1152687.

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L’health literacy(HL) può essere definita come “l’insieme delle capacità cognitive e sociali che determinano la motivazione e l’abilità degli individui di accedere, comprendere e utilizzare le informazioni, sì da promuovere e mantenere un buon livello di salute”. In letteratura, ad oggi, sono poche le evidenze provenienti dalla misurazione dell’HL a livello di popolazione generale, nonostante che tale misurazione possa essere di notevole beneficio per orientare gli interventi di sanità pubblica. Ad oggi, infatti, molte delle evidenze in merito all’HL, ai suoi predittori e alle sue associazioni con gli outcome di salute, provengono da studi condotti in contesti clinici o su gruppi specifici di popolazione. Inoltre, per le finalità di sanità pubblica, la valutazione dell’HL richiede studi paese e area specifici, in quanto l’HL e le sue relazioni rappresentano un costrutto dinamico, che può variare da paese a paese. A tal proposito, in Italia, la ricerca sull’HL appare essere ancora agli inizi. Considerando i presupposti sopradescritti, il presente studio si è posto l’obiettivo generale di misurare il livello di Health literacy (HL) in un campione di popolazione generale adulta con domicilio sanitario nell’ex-ASL di Firenze, valutarne i predittori e le associazioni con gli outcome di salute, e validare nuovi strumenti di misura della HL per il contesto italiano. Nello specifico, il nostro studio si è concentrato sui seguenti tre obiettivi primari: 1. Obiettivo 1: valutare il livello di health literacy, i suoi predittori e le sue associazioni con gli outcome di salute in un campione di popolazione generale adulta attraverso lo strumento Newest Vital Sign (NVS-IT). 2. Obiettivo 2: Esaminare se l’health literacy costituisca una delle possibili vie attraverso cui i determinanti socio-economici influiscono sulla salute 3. Obiettivo 3: sviluppare e validare la versione short (HLS-EU-Q16) e short-short (HLS-EU-Q6) dello strumento di misura dell’HL utilizzato nella survey europea (HLS-EU-Q47). Tali obiettivi sono stati indagati attraverso il seguente protocollo di studio. Lo studio è stato condotto con un disegno osservazionale trasversale. Il campione di ricerca è stato arruolato tra i soggetti assistiti da 11 Medici di Medicina Generale (MMG) che operano nel territorio della ex-ASL di Firenze. I MMG sono stati scelti con un criterio di convenienza: la possibilità di partecipare allo studio è stata diffusa a tutti i MMG da parte dell’Ordine dei Medici Chirurghi di Firenze e i primi 11 MMG che hanno formalmente aderito all’iniziativa sono stati inseriti nel progetto. Lo studio ha previsto un campione di popolazione generale, selezionato in maniera casuale dagli elenchi degli assistiti dei MMG aderenti. Le dimensioni del campione (circa 450 soggetti) sono state stimate con studi di potenza campionaria. L’unico criterio d’inclusione è stato l’età compresa tra 18 e 69 anni (fascia di età normalmente inclusa nel sistema di sorveglianza PASSI, sistema di sorveglianza che indaga molti aspetti correlati alle finalità del nostro studio). Sono stati invece esclusi dallo studio coloro che risultavano affetti da malattie terminali, demenze o malattie psichiatriche gravi. Ogni soggetto arruolato è stato intervistato telefonicamente (durata media 20 minuti circa). L’intervista ha previsto la somministrazione di domande riguardanti caratteristiche demografiche e socio-economiche, lo stato di salute percepito e altri outcome di salute, e strumenti di misura dell’HL (NVS-IT e HLS-EU-Q16). Dalla esecuzione di tale protocollo di studio, sono stati ottenuti i risultati di seguito riassunti e illustrati per singolo obiettivo specifico: 1. Obiettivo 1: valutare il livello di health literacy, i suoi predittori e le sue associazioni con gli outcome di salute in un campione di popolazione generale adulta attraverso lo strumento NVS-IT. Introduzione: Il NVS è uno strumento di facile e veloce somministrazione sviluppato originariamente per valutare le capacità di base di HL nei contesti clinici. Ad oggi, le evidenze sull’HL (misurata con il NVS-IT) provenienti da studi condotti a livello di popolazione generale sono limitate nonostante possano fornire utili informazioni per programmare gli interventi di sanità pubblica. Metodi: l’HL è stata valutata con il NVS-IT. I predittori dell’HL e le sue associazioni con gli outcome di salute sono stati valutati attraverso modelli di regressione logistica multivariata. In particolare, sono state esaminate le seguenti variabili: caratteristiche demografiche e socio-economiche; presenza di malattie croniche; utilizzo di diverse tipologie di servizi sanitari negli ultimi 12 mesi; indice di massa corporea e stato di salute auto-percepito. Risultati: in totale, 452 soggetti hanno completato l’intervista (58,8% di genere femminile), di questi l’11,5% presenta alta possibilità di HL limitata, il 24,6% una possibilità di HL limitata e il 63,9% una HL adeguata. All’analisi multivariata, un’età più elevata (OR=1,07; C.I.95% 1,05–1,09), un titolo di studio più basso (OR=4,03; C.I.95% 3,41-7,49) e minori risorse finanziarie a disposizione (OR=1,64; C.I.95% 1,17-2,63) sono risultati aumentare significativamente l’odds di alta probabilità/possibilità di HL limitata. Inoltre, per quanto riguarda gli outcome di salute, all’analisi multivariata i soggetti con alta probabilità/possibilità di HL limitata sono risultati a maggior rischio di riportare un peggior stato di salute auto-percepito (OR=2,25; C.I.95% 1,75-2,75). Conclusioni: i risultati mostrano un buon livello di HL nella popolazione, tuttavia la presenza nei gruppi più fragili della popolazione (le persone più anziane, quelle meno istruite e quelle più povere) di un maggior rischio di HL limitata evidenzia l’importanza di progettare e attuare interventi e politiche sanitarie che tengano in considerazione il livello di HL di queste popolazioni. 2. Obiettivo 2: Esaminare se l’health literacy costituisca una delle possibili vie attraverso cui i determinanti socio-economici influiscono sulla salute. Introduzione: l’influenza dei fattori socio-economici sullo stato di salute è ben documentata, tuttavia i meccanismi con cui essi agiscono non sono ancora del tutto delucidati. Recentemente l’HL è stata proposta come una delle possibili vie attraverso cui i fattori socio-economici influenzano la salute, ad oggi però solo poche ricerche hanno concretamente esplorato questa ipotesi. Metodi: molteplici analisi di mediazione secondo il metodo proposto da Tingley e collaboratori sono state condotte utilizzando: i. le variabili “titolo di studio” e “risorse finanziarie a disposizione per arrivare alla fine del mese” come variabili indipendenti, ii. la variabile “stato di salute auto-percepito” come variabile dipendente e iii. le categorie di NVS come misura di HL. Tutti i modelli sono stati aggiustati per sesso ed età. Risultati: i risultati delle analisi hanno mostrato la presenza di un’associazione positiva tra variabili socio-economiche (titolo di studio e risorse finanziarie a disposizione) e salute auto-percepita (p<0,01 per entrambe le variabili). L’HL è risultata essere un mediatore parziale dell’associazione tra titolo di studio e un peggior stato di salute auto-percepita (proporzione mediata media dall’HL= 18,5%, p=0,02). Simili risultati sono stati evidenziati nella relazione tra risorse finanziarie a disposizione e peggior stato di salute auto-percepito (proporzione mediata media dall’HL= 12,9%, p=0,01). Conclusioni: i risultati suggeriscono che l’HL possa mediare in parte l’effetto che i determinanti socio-economici esercitano sullo stato di salute. Tale risultato permette di dare maggior comprensione ai meccanismi attraverso cui le disparità socio-economiche generano differenze nello stato salute. Inoltre, questo risultato suggerisce anche una possibile opzione di contrasto a tali diseguaglianze di salute: politiche e interventi mirati a aumentare il livello di HL nella popolazione o a rendere i sistemi sanitari più fruibili alle persone con bassa HL possono permettere di intercettare a metà del percorso l’azione dei determinanti socio-economici sulla salute, riducendone gli effetti. Tuttavia, viste le scarse evidenze presenti al momento in letteratura, ulteriori studi risultano necessari per confermare i nostri risultati, e per meglio caratterizzare il ruolo dell’HL come mediatore nella relazione tra determinanti socio-economici e stato di salute. 3. Obiettivo 3: sviluppare e validare la versione short (HLS-EU-Q16) e short-short (HLS-EU-Q6) dello strumento di misura dell’HL utilizzato nella survey europea (HLS-EU-Q47). Introduzione: recentemente sono stati sviluppati l’HLS-EU-Q16 e HLS-EU-Q6, strumenti di misurazione dell’HL pensati per la popolazione generale che permettono una valutazione approfondita dell’HL e delle sue varie dimensioni. Tale strumento è stato impiegato in numerosi Paesi europei, ma ad oggi una versione validata per il contesto italiano non è disponibile. Metodi: la versione italiana dell’HLS-EU-Q16 e HLS-EU-Q6 è stata sviluppata attraverso una procedura standardizzata di traduzione (backward-forward translation) eseguita da esperti nel settore di madre lingua italiana e inglese. Come misure di affidabilità delle scale (consistenza interna) è stato calcolato il coefficiente alpha di Cronbach. Sono state eseguite analisi di correlazione (Pearson or Spearman, a seconda della distribuzione normale o meno) tra i punteggi delle singole domande dell’HLS-EU-Q16, e tra i punteggi totali delle varie scale considerate (HLS-EU-Q16, HLS-EU-Q6, G-HL Index e NVS-IT). Le associazioni con gli antecedenti e outcome di salute sono state valutate attraverso il test del Chi2 o attraverso analisi di correlazione (Pearson o Spearman). Risultati: l’alpha di Cronbach per l’HLS-EU-Q16 e per l’HLS-EU-Q6 è risultato essere rispettivamente di 0.799 e di 0.672. L’HLS-EU-Q16 e l’HLS-EU-Q6 sono risultati essere fortemente correlati tra loro (Spearman rho: 0,861; p<0,05) ma non con il NVS-IT. Per quanto concerne la distribuzione dei livelli di HL nel campione, all’HLS-EU-Q16, l’11,8% dei partecipanti è risultato avere livelli di HL inadeguati, il 55,2% una HL problematica, mentre il 33% livelli adeguati di HL. Sia l’HLS-EU-Q16 che l’HLS-EU-Q6 sono risultati significativamente associati al titolo di studio, all’aver avuto educazione specifica e/o esperienza lavorativa nel settore sanitario e allo stato di salute auto-percepito. Conclusioni: i risultati ottenuti rappresentano le prime evidenze di affidabilità e validità degli strumenti HLS-EU-Q16 e HLS-EU-Q6 per la popolazione generale italiana. Rispetto ad altri studi pubblicati, si evidenziano alcune differenze nei livelli di HL e nei suoi antecedenti e conseguenti; tali differenze possono essere verosimilmente inquadrate nell’ambito delle specificità socio-culturali del contesto italiano. Tuttavia, per confermare questi primi risultati sono necessari ulteriori studi su campioni più ampi. In conclusione, il presente studio rappresenta uno dei primi tentativi di misurare l’HL a livello della popolazione generale italiana. I risultati ottenuti forniscono evidenze utili sia per programmare gli interventi di prevenzione delle malattie e di promozione della salute a livello comunitario, sia per migliorare l’efficacia della relazione medico-paziente a livello della dimensione assistenziale. In particolare, i risultati sottolineano l’importanza di pianificare interventi di educazione e promozione della salute volti a migliorare il livello di HL nella popolazione e di progettare servizi sanitari più fruibili alle persone con un basso livello di HL. Infine, lo studio ha permesso di validare per il contesto italiano nuovi strumenti di misurazione della HL. Tali strumenti permetteranno una più approfondita valutazione della health literacy, delle sue dimensioni e relazioni a livello della popolazione generale italiana, e consentiranno il confronto con i risultati di altri Paesi Europei.
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Anjo, Carolina Martins. "Literacia para a saúde e excesso de peso: da operacionalização à relação dos conceitos e a sua implicação na promoção da saúde." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/106646.

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RESUMO - Introdução: O excesso de peso é um dos principais problemas de saúde pública da atualidade, quer pelo número de pessoas afetadas quer pelas consequências associadas. Com efeito, as estratégias de combate e prevenção do excesso de peso têm vindo a revelar um certo insucesso, o que nos leva a uma reflexão profunda acerca da forma como este problema é gerido, introduzindo novas variáveis para a sua compreensão. Neste estudo pretende-se explorar a relação entre o excesso de peso e a literacia para a saúde (LS). Métodos: A população estudada inclui indivíduos adultos (n=748) empregados nos escritórios de uma empresa corporativa financeira, com presença em 3 áreas distintas do país: Portugal Continental, Região Autónoma da Madeira e Região Autónoma dos Açores. Os dados avaliados inseriram-se num Programa de Saúde da empresa em questão e foram recolhidos através do autopreenchimento através de uma abordagem CAWI. Foram recolhidos dados demográficos, antropométricos e níveis de LS através do Newest Vital Sign Portugal Revised (NVS-PTR), European Health Literacy Survey Portugal (HLS-EUPT) e Single Item Literacy Screener Portugal (SILS-PT). Resultados: Dos participantes, 48,8% tem excesso de peso. Os resultados obtidos demostram que dois dos instrumentos utilizados para a medição dos níveis de LS - NVSPTR e HLS-EU-PT - apresentam consistência interna satisfatória (coeficiente alfa de Cronbach 0,886 e 0,978, respetivamente). Um terço dos inquiridos apresenta alta probabilidade de LS limitada (35,1%) (NVS-PTR) ou de LS problemática (39,0%) (HLSEU- PT), sendo que 62,0% refere necessitar muito raramente de apoio para ler informação de saúde (SILS-PT). Quanto maior é a idade, mais elevada é a LS NVS-PTR (p=0,002) e indivíduos com níveis mais elevados de LS NVS-PTR consultam com maior frequência os rótulos nutricionais (p=0,05), para um nível de significância de 5%. Conclusão: O presente estudo veio realçar a necessidade do desenvolvimento de estratégias de promoção de saúde que foquem a questão do excesso de peso, mesmo em grupos homogéneos com altos níveis de escolaridade. Tendo confirmado a exequibilidade do uso de instrumentos de avaliação da LS como o NVS-PTR ou HLS-EUPT para o subgrupo da população portuguesa em estudo, realçamos a necessidade do desenvolvimento de instrumentos de avaliação da LS que sejam mais sensíveis às temáticas de excesso de peso ou obesidade.
ABSTRACT - Introduction: Overweight stands today as one major public health concern due to the number of people involved and its economic, social and personal consequences. Strategies to face and prevent overweight are not showing the needed results. This mandates health promotion professionals to search for new variables that might bring new perspectives to deal with the issue. In this study our aim is to explore how health literacy (HL) may impact overweight. Methods: This study is observational, cross-sectional and includes quantitative data from an adult population working in a financial corporation. The sample (n=748) includes participants from the different offices of the company in Portugal main land and its autonomous territories: Autonomous Region of Madeira and Autonomous Region of the Azores. By the means of a survey (CAWI) data was collected about HL (using the Newest Vital Sign Portugal Revised (NVS-PTR), European Health Literacy Survey validated to Portugal (HLS-EU-PT) and the Single Item Literacy Screener Portugal (SILS-PT)). Demographic, anthropometric and socioeconomic data were also collected. Results: Of the participants 48,8% have overweight. The results obtained show that two of the instruments used to measure the levels of HL - NVS-PTR and HLS-EU-PT - have satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.886 and 0.978, respectively). One third of the participants have a high probability of limited HL (35,1%) (NVS-PTR) or problematic HL (39,0%) (HLS-EU-PT) and 62,0% need very rarely support to read health information (SILS-PT). The older the age, the higher the HL NVS-PTR (p = 0.002) and individuals with high levels of HL NVS-PTR consult nutrition labels (p = 0.05) more frequently, for a significance level of 5%. Conclusion: This research highlights the need to focus on the issue of overweight even for homogeneous populations with high levels of education, since overweight is also a needed target topic for health promotion within such groups. Even if confirmed the feasibility of using the NVS-PTR and HLS-EU-PT for this subgroup of the Portuguese population, there is a need to develop HL measurements that are better suited to consider overweight and/or obesity specifically.
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Alexander, D. J., N. Phin, and M. Zuckerman. Influenza. Edited by I. H. Brown. Oxford University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198570028.003.0037.

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Influenza is a highly infectious, acute illness which has affected humans and animals since ancient times. Influenza viruses form the Orthomyxoviridae family and are grouped into types A, B, and C on the basis of the antigenic nature of the internal nucleocapsid or the matrix protein. Infl uenza A viruses infect a large variety of animal species, including humans, pigs, horses, sea mammals, and birds, occasionally producing devastating pandemics in humans, such as in 1918 when it has been estimated that between 50–100 million deaths occurred worldwide.There are two important viral surface glycoproteins, the haemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). The HA binds to sialic acid receptors on the membrane of host cells and is the primary antigen against which a host’s antibody response is targeted. The NA cleaves the sialic acid bond attaching new viral particles to the cell membrane of host cells allowing their release. The NA is also the target of the neuraminidase inhibitor class of antiviral agents that include oseltamivir and zanamivir and newer agents such as peramivir. Both these glycoproteins are important antigens for inducing protective immunity in the host and therefore show the greatest variation.Influenza A viruses are classified into 16 antigenically distinct HA (H1–16) and 9 NA subtypes (N1–9). Although viruses of relatively few subtype combinations have been isolated from mammalian species, all subtypes, in most combinations, have been isolated from birds. Each virus possesses one HA and one NA subtype.Last century, the sudden emergence of antigenically different strains in humans, termed antigenic shift, occurred on three occasions, 1918 (H1N1), 1957 (H2N2) and 1968 (H3N2), resulting in pandemics. The frequent epidemics that occur between the pandemics are as a result of gradual antigenic change in the prevalent virus, termed antigenic drift. Epidemics throughout the world occur in the human population due to infection with influenza A viruses, such as H1N1 and H3N2 subtypes, or with influenza B virus. Phylogenetic studies have led to the suggestion that aquatic birds that show no signs of disease could be the source of many influenza A viruses in other species. The 1918 H1N1 pandemic strain is thought to have arisen as a result of spontaneous mutations within an avian H1N1 virus. However, most pandemic strains, such as the 1957 H2N2, 1968 H3N2 and 2009 pandemic H1N1, are considered to have emerged by genetic re-assortment of the segmented RNA genome of the virus, with the avian and human influenza A viruses infecting the same host.Influenza viruses do not pass readily between humans and birds but transmission between humans and other animals has been demonstrated. This has led to the suggestion that the proposed reassortment of human and avian influenza viruses takes place in an intermediate animal with subsequent infection of the human population. Pigs have been considered the leading contender for the role of intermediary because they may serve as hosts for productive infections of both avian and human viruses, and there is good evidence that they have been involved in interspecies transmission of influenza viruses; particularly the spread of H1N1 viruses to humans. Apart from public health measures related to the rapid identification of cases and isolation. The main control measures for influenza virus infections in human populations involves immunization and antiviral prophylaxis or treatment.
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Chandel, Saket Singh, Deepshikha Verma, and Vipinchandra Bhaskarrao Pande. "COVID-19: Sign, Symptoms and Transmission." In Herbal Immunity Boosters Against COVID-19, 25–45. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/9789815079456122010004.

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COVID-19, which is caused by SARS-CoV-2, was first reported in Wuhan, China in late 2019. Till date, over 12.1 million people have contracted the disease across 221 countries in the world. The global fatality rate is about 6.2% thus far, and as of May 26th 2020, the highest confirmed cases were recorded in the USA, Brazil, Russia, Spain, UK, Italy and France. Several attempts to fight against the virus are taken by the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as other health agencies in various countries with reported confirmed cases. The present study has reviewed COVID-19 with respect to the clinical symptoms and signs, as well as factors that could exacerbate COVID-19 condition and transmission amongst people. Recent reports and studies have found the disease status to be of the predominantly mild condition and to a lesser extent, a critical/severe status. COVID-19 presents several clinical manifestations with symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, dizziness, anorexia, headache, expectoration, dyspnea, chest tightness, abdominal pain, diarrhea and nausea. Studies have observed age, obesity, smoking and drinking habit, immune system condition, human selectivity and reactivity as factors that can aggravate the disease condition, while poverty, fake news, non-validated scientific claims, and perception/illiteracy have been reported as risk components that could enhance the transmission of the viral infection. This study concludes by suggesting the appropriate methods to combat the factors discussed.
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Glatt, Stephen J., Stephen V. Faraone, and Ming T. Tsuang. "What is Not Schizophrenia?" In Schizophrenia. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198813774.003.0009.

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The words ‘schizophrenia’ and ‘schizophrenic’ are often misused in daily con­versation, in literature and film, and even in the popular news media. They mean different things to different people: an attitude of mind, a type of personality, or a psychiatric illness. For example, someone who can’t make up his mind, or who has feelings of both love and hate for something, may be falsely called schizo­phrenic (‘ambivalent’ is the more proper term). In some cultures, especially in the past, schizophrenia was seen as a sign of possession by an evil spirit or even as a sign of religious superiority. Individuals with schizophrenia were either pun­ished or praised in accord with the beliefs of their culture.Today, the most common misconception is that a person with schizophrenia has a ‘split’ personality or multiple personalities. Examples of this in film include Me, Myself, and Irene, in which the main character is diagnosed with ‘advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage’ instead of what appears to be dissociative identity (formerly known as multiple personality) dis­order. Even films that do a decent job depicting schizophrenia can get some aspects wrong; for example, A Beautiful Mind, which we earlier cited as a rela­tively well-done depiction of the disorder, also misses the mark by exaggerating the role of visual hallucinations of full- figure humans in guiding the main char­acter through various and extensive ‘missions’.The correct use of the word ‘schizophrenia’ is as a diagnostic term used to define a specific mental condition based on clear criteria. As described in our chapters on symptoms and on how schizophrenia is diagnosed, differential diagnosis is essential; that is, determining if the symptoms are really indica­tive of schizophrenia or of other conditions. Recognizing if mood disturbances (including depression and/ or mania), delusions (particularly grandiosity and delusions of sin or guilt), hallucinations, and disorganization are not actually reflective of a mood disorder, substance use disorder, or developmental or neuro­logical disorder is essential, since each type of disorder has a different treatment. Furthermore, it is vital to consider cultural context when determining if behav­iour is truly bizarre and qualifies for a diagnosis or is simply normal within the individual’s social setting.
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Conference papers on the topic "Newest vital sign"

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Camplone, Stefania, Giuseppe Di Bucchianico, and Stefano Picciani. "New Concepts for Brand Design in an Inclusive Society." In Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference. AHFE International, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe100374.

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It is clear that the brand has become a construct more complex than a promise, an image or a sign of recognition. It has its own architecture which includes several critical elements and requires strategy and constant attention. Also the role of stakeholders, both internal and external to the brand, has changed in the creation, development and management of the brand itself. It is increasingly moving from a passive rapport to a real and vital relationship. In fact, engagement, collaboration, participation and co-creation, are the newest concepts that are increasingly defining the brand design in all its phases. In addition, the relationship between the introduction of these new concepts and some of the changes that are shaping contemporary society is very close. Indeed, since the contemporary society is primarily expressed through the diversity between individuals - both in terms of physical and psychological abilities and on the social and cultural level - it requires increasing attention and particular practices that ensure participation and social inclusion. The paper offers a consideration on the people’s participation in brand design. In particular, it recognizes and identifies two possible positions: 1) participation as a fundamental tool in the process of brand design, to create a transparent and shared brand; 2) participation as the ultimate goal of brand design project, in order to create place brands able to generate inclusion. Doing so, this paper seeks to outline for the two positions the contribution of the Design for All, which is the "design of human diversity, social inclusion and equality” describing the results of a research developed by “Inclusivo”, Spin Off of d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, as a concrete case to highlight the innovative aspects of Design for All in the activities of brand design.
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