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Effects of health literacy, screening, and participant choice on action plans for reducing unhealthy snacking in Australia: A randomised controlled trial

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Low health literacy is associated with poorer health outcomes. A key strategy to address health literacy is a universal precautions approach, which recommends using health-literate design for all health interventions, not just those targeting people with low health literacy. This approach has advantages: Health literacy assessment and tailoring are not required. However, action plans may be more effective when tailored by health …

Authors

Ayre J; Cvejic E; Bonner C; Turner RM; Walter SD; McCaffery KJ

Journal

PLOS Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 11,

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

DOI

10.1371/journal.pmed.1003409

ISSN

1549-1277