“Equipping and enabling” health literacy during a “time of change”: understanding health literacy and organisational health literacy responsiveness for people leaving prison in later life
This population are mostly passive health care and information 'receivers' as a result of their imprisonment, who must be equipped and enabled to become more active health literacy 'doers'. This can be achieved through interventions that prepare the person better for life in community, and improve positive self-concept. Health and custodial organisations have an important role to play, with opportunities for improvement apparent across areas such as communication, focused health literacy policies, and collaboration with community partners.
Authors
- Ye In Hwang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0142-3251)
- Christina Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8950-7689)
- Tony Gerard Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2679-2769)
- Amanuel Kidane Hagos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2714-6822)
- Ben Harris‐Roxas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1716-2009)
- Stephen Hampton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0482-8609)
- Adrienne Withall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7079-465X)
- Shandell Elmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9757-9976)
Institutions
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Mental Health Australia (AU)
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health & Justice
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-025-00328-6
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- University of New South Wales