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Stephan Van den Broucke
Researcher at Université catholique de Louvain
Publications - 134
Citations - 8347
Stephan Van den Broucke is an academic researcher from Université catholique de Louvain. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health literacy & Health promotion. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 119 publications receiving 5761 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephan Van den Broucke include Katholieke Universiteit Leuven & Maastricht University.
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Health literacy and public health : a systematic review and integration of definitions and models
Kristine Sørensen,Stephan Van den Broucke,James Fullam,Gerardine Doyle,J Pelikan,Zofia Slonska,Helmut Brand +6 more
TL;DR: An integrative conceptual model was developed containing 12 dimensions referring to the knowledge, motivation and competencies of accessing, understanding, appraising and applying health-related information within the healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion setting, respectively.
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Health literacy in Europe: comparative results of the European health literacy survey (HLS-EU)
Kristine Sørensen,Jürgen M. Pelikan,Florian Röthlin,Kristin Ganahl,Zofia Slonska,Gerardine Doyle,James Fullam,Barbara Kondilis,Demosthenes Agrafiotis,Ellen Uiters,María Falcón,M Mensing,Kancho Tchamov,Stephan Van den Broucke,Helmut Brand +14 more
TL;DR: Findings from the first European comparative survey on health literacy in populations suggest the social gradient in health literacy must be taken into account when developing public health strategies to improve health equity in Europe.
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Measuring health literacy in populations: illuminating the design and development process of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q)
Kristine Sørensen,Stephan Van den Broucke,J Pelikan,James Fullam,Gerardine Doyle,Zofia Slonska,Barbara Kondilis,Vivian Stoffels,Richard H. Osborne,Helmut Brand +9 more
TL;DR: The design and development of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q), an innovative, comprehensive tool to measure health literacy in populations, is described to provide a deeper understanding of its purpose, its capability and its limitations for others using the tool.
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Does health literacy mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and health disparities? Integrative review.
TL;DR: The review indicates that disadvantaged social and socioeconomic conditions contribute to low HL levels, whereby low SES, and particularly educational attainment, is the most important determinant of HL, and that HL mediates the relationship between SES and health status, quality of life, specific health-related outcomes, health behaviors and use of preventive services.