• "A bit of everything": Health literacy interventions in chronic conditions- a systematic review 

      Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Mengshoel, Anne Marit; Andersen, Marit Helen; Borge, Christine Råheim; Ahlsen, Birgitte; Dahl, Kari Gire; Eik, Hedda; Holmen, Heidi; Lerdal, Anners; Mariussen, Kari; Thoresen, Lisbeth; Tschamper, Merete Kristin; Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Vidnes, Tone Karine; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objective: To systematically evaluate health literacy (HL) interventions in chronic conditions by exploring theoretical perspectives, intervention content and effectiveness. Method: We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane, ...
    • Definitions and measurement of health literacy in health and medicine research: A systematic review 

      Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Andersen, Marit Helen; Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Borge, Christine Råheim; Helseth, Sølvi; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objectives The way health literacy is understood (conceptualised) should be closely linked to how it is measured (operationalised). This study aimed to gain insights into how health literacy is defined and measured in ...
    • Health literacy profiling in persons with psoriasis – A cluster analysis 

      Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Hermansen, Åsmund; Borge, Christine Råheim; Strumse, Yndis A. Staalesen; Andersen, Marit Helen; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Journal article, 2021)
      Objective: To explore health literacy (HL) profiles within a cohort of people with psoriasis. A cluster approach identifies groups of individuals that have similar HL profiles. The method unmasks sub‐groups with ...
    • Intervening on health literacy by knowledge translation processes in kidney transplantation: A feasibility study 

      Andersen, Marit Helen; Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Henrichsen, Gina Fraas; Engebretsen, Eivind; Ødemark, John; Stenehjem, Aud Eldrid; Reisæter, Anna Varberg; Nordlie, Arve; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Abstract Background: Patients awaiting kidney transplantation need to be prepared ahead of the upcoming transplantation by developing targeted pre- and post-transplant knowledge. On this background, we designed a new ...
    • The Parent Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ-Parent). Adaptation and validity testing with parents of children with epilepsy 

      Wahl, Astrid Klopstad; Hermansen, Åsmund; Tschamper, Merete B.; Osborne, Richard H.; Helseth, Sølvi; Jacobsen, Rita; Larsen, Marie Hamilton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Aims: The aim of this study was to adapt the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) in English and Norwegian for use with parents. Methods: The research group evaluated all HLQ items and, where relevant, modified them to ...
    • Parents of children with epilepsy: Characteristics associated with high and low levels of health literacy 

      Tschamper, Merete Kristin; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad; Hermansen, Åsmund; Jakobsen, Rita; Larsen, Marie Hamilton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Parents of children with epilepsy play a key role in the management of their child’s condition. Their level of health literacy (HL), which refers to their ability to seek, understand, assess, remember, and utilize health ...
    • Processes of knowing in the translation of a health communication intervention for dialysis patients awaiting kidney transplantation 

      Andersen, Marit Helen; Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Engebretsen, Eivind; Ødemark, John; Eriksen, Anne; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective: To strengthen patients’ health literacy and their role as active knowledge actors, we developed a health communication intervention including a film-viewing and counselling session for patients awaiting kidney ...
    • Relevant associations between alexithymia and health-literacy in persons with psoriasis 

      Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Strumse, Yndis S.S.; Borge, Christine Råheim; Andersen, Marit Helen; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective: To explore possible associations between alexithymia and health literacy (HL) in persons with psoriasis. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study, including 825 persons with moderate to severe psoriasis, ...