References and further reading

Anderson, R.M. and Funnell, M.M. (2005) The Art of Empowerment: Stories and Strategies for Diabetes Educators, 2nd edn, Alexandria, American Diabetes Association.

Assal, J.P. and Golay, A. (2001) ‘Patient education in Switzerland: from diabetes to chronic disease’, Patient Education and Counselling, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 65–69.

Bandura, A. (1971) Social Learning Theory, New York, General Learning Press.

Bates, B. (2016) Learning Theories Simplified, and How to Apply Them, London, Sage.

Brockett, R.G. (2015) Teaching Adults: A Practical Guide for New Teachers, San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.

Department of Business Innovation and Skills (2011) 2011 Skills for Life Survey: Headline Findings, London, Department of Business Innovation and Skills

Health Education England (2017) Health Literacy ‘How to’ Guide, London, Health Education England [Online]. Available at https://www.hee.nhs.uk/ our-work/ health-literacy [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] (Accessed 29 October 2018).

Kolb, D.A. (1984) Experiential Learning, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall.

Knowles, M.S. (1990) The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species, 4th edn, Houston, Gulf Publishing.

Making It Easy: A Health Literacy Action Plan for Scotland, Crown © 2014 [Online]. Available at https://www2.gov.scot/ Resource/ 0045/ 00451263.pdf (Accessed 10 December 2018).

Miller, N. and Lewis, K. (2011) The National Survey of Adult Basic Skills in Wales 2010, prepared by Miller Research for the Welsh Government, Cardiff [Online]. Available at https://gov.wales/ statistics-and-research/ national-survey-adult-skills-wales/ ?lang=en (Accessed 17 December 2018).

Rowlands, G., Protheroe, J., Winkley, J., Richardson, M., Seed, P.T. and Rudd R. (2015) ‘A mismatch between population health literacy and the complexity of health information: an observational study’, British Journal of General Practice, vol. 65, pp. e379-e386. 

Silberman, M. (1996) Active Learning: 101 strategies to Teach Any Subject, Boston, Allyn and Bacon.

St.Clair, R., Tett, L. and Maclachlan, K. (2010) Scottish Survey of Adult Literacies 2009: Report of Findings, Glasgow, Scottish Government Social Research [Online]. Available at https://www.gov.scot/ Resource/ Doc/ 319174/ 0102005.pdf (Accessed 29 October 2018).

Therapeutic Patient Education: Continuing Education Programmes for Health Care Providers in the Field of Prevention of Chronic Diseases, Report of a WHO Working Group (1998) Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe.

Vernon, J., Trujillo, A., Rosenbaum, S. and DeBuono, B. (2007) Low Health Literacy: Implications for National Health Policy [Online]. Available at https://publichealth.gwu.edu/ departments/ healthpolicy/ CHPR/ downloads/ LowHealthLiteracyReport10_4_07.pdf (Accessed 29 October 2018).