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Re-energizing health literacy in Wales: a testbed for health, education and prosperity for all

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Health Promotion International, Volume: 39, Issue: 3

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A growing body of evidence demonstrates the importance of enhancing health literacy for improved health outcomes, self-reported health, lower health services use and disease prevention. Importantly, improving health literacy has great potential to reduce health inequities and inequalities. The World...

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ISSN: 0957-4824 1460-2245
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2024
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