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To date, most published health literacy research has focused on assessing and improving personal skills and abilities. More recently, a better understanding has emerged of the extent to which these skills and abilities are mediated by environmental demands and situational complexities - the context in which health literacy is developed and applied. This has led to much greater attention being given to ways of reducing the situational demands and complexity in which an individual makes a health decision. This collection of papers examines current progress in understanding health literacy "in context", by improving our understanding of the mutual impact of a range of social, economic, environmental, and organisational influences on health literacy. These papers provide unique and original perspectives on the concept, distribution, and application of health literacy in very diverse populations, offering cultural insights and a clear indication of the impact of social and environmental context on health literacy. These perspectives include an examination of differing national policy responses to health literacy illustrating how policy and practice can (and should) respond to this more complete but complex understanding of health literacy. Other papers look at the application of new digital media and the creative harnessing of popular culture as routes to extend the reach and customisation of communications. These papers also illustrate good progress in the evolution of research in the contexts in which health literacy is developed and applied, as well as signaling some areas in which more research would be useful.

Social environment --- Determinants of health --- Health literacy --- Health promotion --- Social disadvantage --- Organizational change --- Health interventions --- Health education --- Culture --- Health disparities

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The health and wellbeing of people and the planet is currently receiving a much attention, if only because of the ongoing global crisis instigated by COVID-19. The benefits of nature for human wellbeing have been scientifically studied in multiple disciplines for over three decades. Researchers from disciplines such as ecology, sport science, psychology, tourism, medicine, forestry, environmental studies and architecture have found evidence that being in nature, interacting with nature, and feeling connected to nature are important for good health and wellbeing. In particular, physical activity in nature has been linked to wellbeing. This manuscript explores a particular type of physical activity in nature: adventure and outdoor activity. Adventure in nature is important for wellbeing, and carefully designed interventions and programs can have a profound impact. The work in this book suggests that adventure should be considered an important part of the public health offering.

physical education --- national curriculum --- military personnel --- psychological wellbeing --- outdoor adventure activities --- mental health --- resilience --- mental health problems --- higher education --- outdoor adventure --- multi-variate quantitative analyses --- active components of positive change --- school children --- transitions --- primary and secondary school --- nature --- tailored outdoor education programming --- individuality --- adaptable productive functioning --- green spaces --- health and psychological well-being --- self-determination --- adventure --- armed forces --- physical activity --- recovery --- soldiers --- Nature–based health interventions --- green prescriptions --- wilderness therapy --- forest schools --- green exercise --- adherence --- compliance --- health --- outdoor and adventure activities --- outdoor therapy --- phenomenology --- therapeutic process --- embodiment --- lived-experience --- slow adventure --- time --- slowness --- wellbeing --- cognitive dissonance --- strategies of dissonance reduction --- characteristics of dissonance arousal and modes of reduction --- consonant cognitions --- attitude and behaviour change --- autophenomenology --- adventure education programming --- Ecological Dynamics --- adventure education --- representative design --- outdoor and adventure sports --- n/a --- Nature-based health interventions

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