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. 2012 Jun 1;13:49. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-49

Table 2.

Studies by intervention type and change in SNAPW and health literacy (figures are numbers of studies)

Intervention type (no. of studies) Intensity#
SNAPW* outcome (No. sig. studies/No. studies measuring SNAPW) (%)
Health literacy outcome (No. studies sig. outcome/No. studies measuring health literacy component) (%)
L M H S N A P W All SNAPW results (%) Knowledge Skills Self efficacy Stage change Other health literacy All health literacy results    
Group education (15)
1
3
11
0/2
6/13
0/1
6/10
2/2
11/15 (73)
6/7
0
6/12
4/5
2/4
13/15 (87)
Individual counseling (11)
8
2
1
3/4
0/3
0
5/7
0/1
7/11 (64)
1/2
1/1
1/4
6/8
0/5
8/11 (73)
Multiple interventions (10)
1
5
4
1/3
5/7
0/1
2/6
2/3
9/10 (90)
3/6
0
2/4
5/6
0/1
7/10 (70)
Web/Computer (2)
2
0
0
0/1
2/2
0
1/1
0
2/2 (100)
0
0
0
1/2
0
1/2 (50)
Telephone (2)
0
1
1
0
0/1
0
0/1
0
0/2 (0)
1/1
0
1/1
1/1
0
2/2 (100)
Written material (12)
10
2
0
4/6
7/8
0
4/6
0/1
10/12 (83)
1/1
0/1
2/3
6/9
1/2
7/12 (58)
TOTALS (52) 22 13 17 8/16 20/34 0/2 18/32 4/7 39/52 (75) 11/17 1/2 12/24 23/31 3/12 38/52 (73)

#L = Low, M = Medium, H = High; * S = Smoking, N = Nutrition, A = Alcohol consumption, P = Physical activity, W = Weight; i Includes social support, attitudes, beliefs, awareness and more likely to read information.