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Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

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  • Richard H Osborne Centre for Global Health and Equity, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSection of Health Services Research, University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shandell Elmer Centre for Global Health and Equity, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Melanie Hawkins Centre for Global Health and Equity, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christina C Cheng Centre for Global Health and Equity, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Roy W Batterham Centre for Global Health and Equity, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFaculty of Public Health, Thammasat University – Rangsit Campus, Khlong Nueng, Pathum Thani, Thailand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sónia Dias National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Suvajee Good Department of Universal Health Coverage/Family Health, Gender, and Life Course, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Maristela G Monteiro Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Department, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bente Mikkelsen NCD Department, Division for Universal Health Coverage/Communicable Diseases and NCDs, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ranjit Gajendra Nadarajah Centre for Global Health and Equity, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Guy Fones Global Coordination Mechanism for NCDs, Global Noncommunicable Diseases Platform, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Richard H Osborne; rosborne{at}swin.edu.au
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Osborne RH, Elmer S, Hawkins M, et al
Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
BMJ Global Health 2022;7:e010362.

Publication history

  • Received August 7, 2022
  • Accepted November 19, 2022
  • First published December 2, 2022.
Online issue publication 
January 06, 2023

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