From: HealthLit4Kids study protocol; crossing boundaries for positive health literacy outcomes
Principles | Description |
---|---|
1. Outcomes focused | Improved health and reduced health inequalities |
2. Equity driven | All activities at all stages prioritise disadvantaged groups and those experiencing inequity in access and outcome |
3. Co-design approach | In all activities at all stages, relevant stakeholders engage collaboratively to design solutions |
4. Needs- diagnostic approach | Participatory assessment of local needs using local data |
5. Driven by local wisdom | Intervention development and implementation is grounded in local experience and expertise |
6. Sustainable | Optimal health literacy practice becomes normal practice and policy |
7. Responsiveness | Recognise that health literacy needs and the appropriate responses vary across individuals, contexts, countries, cultures and time |
8. Systematically applied | A multilevel approach in which resources, interventions, research and policy are organised to optimise health literacy |