Living with type 1 diabetes in Neno, Malawi: a qualitative study of self-management and experiences in care by Laura Drown, Alma J Adler, Leah N. Schwartz, Junious Sichali, Francis Valeta, Chantelle Boudreaux, Celina Trujillo, Todd Ruderman, Gene Bukhman

“…Significant barriers included distance from health facilities, food insecurity, and low literacy/numeracy. Informants described T1D as having a notable psychosocial and economic impact on PWLT1D and their families, notably worrying about having a lifelong condition, high transportation costs, and reduced working ability. …”
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Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake: an online three-wave survey study of US adults by Alistair Thorpe, Angela Fagerlin, Frank A. Drews, Holly Shoemaker, Federica S. Brecha, Laura D. Scherer

“…In January, additional predictors were higher numeracy (1.48[1.20–1.86], p < .001), COVID-19 risk perceptions (1.35[1.03–1.78], p = .029), and believing it is important adults get the COVID-19 vaccine (1.66[1.05–2.66], p = .033). …”
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PENGEMBANGAN PERANGKAT PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA MODEL PROJECT BASED LEARNING TERINTEGRASI STEM UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS by Fiqih Nur Hakiki, Didik Sugeng Pambudi, Dian Kurniati

“…This can be seen in the education report cards where the literacy, numeracy, and critical reasoning indicators are still below the minimum competency. …”
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Assessment of parent's oral health literacy and its association with caries experience of their preschool children attending Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Adil, Abdul Habeeb

“…The OHL includes reading, writing, speaking, listening, appropriate decision making and numeracy skills. The OHL of parents plays an important role in the prevention of dental caries among their children. …”
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Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes in children with tungiasis: a cross-sectional study in rural Kenya and Uganda by Berrick Otieno, Lynne Elson, Abneel K. Matharu, Naomi Riithi, Esther Chongwo, Khamis Katana, Carophine Nasambu, Francis Mutebi, Herman Feldmeier, Jürgen Krücken, Ulrike Fillinger, Amina Abubakar

“…Severe infection was associated with lower scores in literacy (aβ = − 11.0; 95% CI − 19.3, − 2.8), response inhibition, (aβ = − 2.2; 95% CI − 4.2, − 0.2), fine motor control (aβ = − 0.7; 95% CI − 1.1, − 0.4) and numeracy (aβ = − 3; 95% CI − 5.5, − 0.4). Conclusions This study provides first evidence that tungiasis is associated with poor neurocognitive functioning in children. …”
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Effect of Health Literacy and Exercise Intervention on Medical Mistrust of Type 2 Diabetes Patients in the Community by WANG Mengyan, WANG Lei, CHEN Yingyao, FANG Hong, XIA Qinghua, Russell L Rothman, XU Wanghong

“…Information was collected using the Chinese versions of Health Literacy Management Scale (c-HeLMS) , the 5-item Diabetes Numeracy Test Scale (c-DNT-5) , and Medical Mistrust Index (c-MMI) at baseline, 3-, 6-, 12- (end of intervention) and 24-months follow-up (post-intervention) . …”
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Cognition in older adults with healthy aging: analysis of the Mexican Health and Aging Study 2012–2015 by Sara G. Yeverino-Castro, Sara G. Yeverino-Castro, José D. Garza-Guerra, Gabriela E. Aguilar-Díaz, Célica R. González-Galván, Ricardo Salinas-Martínez, Rocío Morales-Delgado

“…When comparing cognitive domain scores in the 225 older adults identified with healthy aging between the 2012 and 2015 MHAS waves, there were almost no observable differences.ConclusionIn the cross-sectional analysis, Mexican adults with healthy aging had lower scores in the verbal learning memory, visual scanning, numeracy, visual memory, and verbal recall domains’, as well as lower global cognitive scores in the higher age groups. …”
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Learners’ experience and perceived impact of a health literacy program in adult basic education: a qualitative study by Danielle M Muscat, Suzanne Morony, Don Nutbeam, Julie Ayre, Heather L Shepherd, Sian K Smith, Haryana M Dhillon, Andrew Hayen, Karen Luxford, Wedyan Meshreky, Kirsten McCaffery

“…Most participants described positive impacts of the health literacy course on their language, literacy and numeracy skills, functional health literacy skills, and health knowledge. …”
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MENGGUNAKAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN UNTUK IMPLEMENTASI COMPUTATIONAL THINKING BAGI GURU MADRASAH by Mohammad Salehudin

“… Abstract: This study aims to describe the use of learning models in the implementation of computational thinking in madrasah teachers, the problem of Indonesia's low PISA scores until 2020, the Indonesian government wants computational thinking to be included in the Indonesian curriculum to improve literacy, numeracy and student characteristics, and have global insight and achieve future Indonesian HOTs and PISA results. …”
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Avaliação de letramento de risco em estudantes de medicina by Lucas Magalhães Moreira, Fabio Yuji Furukawa, Itamar Santos, Gustavo Diniz Ferreira Gusso

“…Métodos: Foram convidados estudantes do 4º, 5º e 6º anos da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo para responder a um questionário composto pelo Berlin Numeracy Test (BNT), instrumento validado para a mensuração de numeracia, e um problema clínico sobre cálculo de valor preditivo positivo (VPP) em rastreamento de câncer de mama com mamografia. …”
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ANALISIS FAKTOR PENYEBAB KESULITAN BELAJAR MATEMATIKA by Sri Ayu, Sekar Dwi Ardianti, Savitri Wanabuliandari

“…The results showed that 1) The difficulty in learning mathematics that the IV grader MI Mambaul Ulum experienced, namely the difficulty in understanding the concept of fractions, difficulty in numeracy skills in the material of multiplication and division, and difficulty solving problems in the form of story problems. 2) Factors that cause difficulty in learning mathematics consist of internal factors and exsternal factors. …”
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The Optimizing-Risk-Communication (OptRisk) randomized trial &ndash; impact of decision-aid-based consultation on adherence and perception of cardiovascular risk by Adarkwah CC, Jegan N, Heinzel-Gutenbrunner M, Kühne F, Siebert U, Popert U, Donner-Banzhoff N, Kürwitz S

“…Furthermore, different secondary outcomes were measured, ie, patient perception of risk and self-rated importance of avoiding a cardiovascular event, as well as patient numeracy, which was used as a proxy for patient health literacy.Results: Overall, no significant difference in patient adherence was found depending on risk representation. …”
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Cognitive function and cardiometabolic disease risk factors in rural South Africa: baseline evidence from the HAALSI study by Brian Houle, Thomas Gaziano, Meagan Farrell, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Lindsay C. Kobayashi, Nigel J. Crowther, Alisha N. Wade, Livia Montana, Ryan G. Wagner, Lisa Berkman, Stephen M. Tollman

“…Cognitive function was measured using measures of time orientation, immediate and delayed recall, and numeracy adapted from the Health and Retirement Study cognitive battery (overall total cognitive score range 0–26). …”
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Somatic and sociodemographic predictors of depression outcome among depressed patients with coronary artery disease - a secondary analysis of the SPIRR-CAD study by Frank Vitinius, Steffen Escherich, Hans-Christian Deter, Martin Hellmich, Jana Jünger, Katja Petrowski, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Frank Lambertus, Matthias Michal, Cora Weber, Martina de Zwaan, Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Joram Ronel, Christian Albus

“…Results Higher age (p = 0.002), unknown previous myocardial infarction (p = 0.013), and a higher heart rate variability during numeracy tests (p = .020) were univariably associated with a favourable depression outcome, whereas hyperuricemia (p ≤ 0.003), higher triglycerides (p = 0.014), NYHA class III (p ≤ 0.028), state after resuscitation (p ≤ 0.042), intake of thyroid hormones (p = 0.007), antidiabetic drugs (p = 0.015), analgesic drugs (p = 0.027), beta blockers (p = 0.035), uric acid drugs (p ≤ 0.039), and anticholinergic drugs (p = 0.045) were associated with an adverse effect on the HADS-D depression score. …”
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Long-term household material socioeconomic resources and cognitive health in a population-based cohort of older adults in rural northeast South Africa, 2001–2015 by Lindsay C. Kobayashi, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula, Mohammed U. Kabeto, Xuexin Yu, Stephen M. Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, Lisa F. Berkman, Molly S. Rosenberg

“…Cognitive function was assessed in HAALSI and analyzed as a z-standardized latent variable capturing time orientation, episodic memory, and numeracy. We evaluated the relationships between quintiles of each of the mean resource index score, volatility in resource index score, and change in resource index score and subsequent cognitive function, overall and by resource type. …”
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Ungdomstrinn i utvikling: Hvilke faktorer påvirker læreres kollektive engasjement for å stimulere elevers skriftlige ferdigheter i skolefagene? by Eyvind Elstad, Eli Lejonberg, Knut Andreas Christophersen

“…One of these is “Ungdomstrinn i utvikling” (Development at lower secondary level): a national reform which supports schools to encourage classroom management, numeracy, reading or writing. A characteristic of these school improvement reforms is that competencies are to be developed on a collective basis among school staff across school subjects. …”
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Preferential consolidation of emotional reactivity during sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Gosia Lipinska, Holly Austin, Jasmin R. Moonsamy, Michelle Henry, Michelle Henry, Raphaella Lewis, David S. Baldwin, David S. Baldwin, Kevin G. F. Thomas, Beth Stuart

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Supporting health education policies: translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a health literacy instrument, in French by Céline Clément, Céline Clément, Virginie-Eve Lvovschi, Virginie-Eve Lvovschi, Elise Verot, Elise Verot, Elise Verot, Benjamin du Sartz de Vigneulles, Adeline Darlington-Bernard, Denis Bourgeois, Michel Lamure, Flavia Vitiello, Flavia Vitiello, Claude Dussart, Claude Dussart, Florence Carrouel

“…The Oral health literacy Instrument (OHLI) appears to be the most interesting OHL instrument to adapt into French because it is already available in English, Spanish, Russian, Malaysian, and it contains both reading comprehension and numeracy sections. Its psychometric properties have been rated as adequate.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to translate and adapt cross-culturally the OHLI into French, to evaluate its psychometric properties and to compare its results to oral health knowledge.MethodThis study followed and applied well-established processes of translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation, based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization guidelines and on the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) study design checklist for patient-reported outcomes. …”
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Scaling-up an efficacious school-based physical activity intervention: Study protocol for the ‘Internet-based Professional Learning to help teachers support Activity in Youth’ (iPL... by Chris Lonsdale, Taren Sanders, Kristen E. Cohen, Philip Parker, Michael Noetel, Tim Hartwig, Diego Vasconcellos, Morwenna Kirwan, Philip Morgan, Jo Salmon, Marj Moodie, Heather McKay, Andrew Bennie, Ron Plotnikoff, Renata L. Cinelli, David Greene, Louisa R. Peralta, Dylan P. Cliff, Gregory S. Kolt, Jennifer M. Gore, Lan Gao, David R. Lubans

“…Key secondary outcomes will include students’ moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (via accelerometers), fundamental movement skill proficiency, enjoyment of physical education and sport, cognitive control, performance on standardized tests of numeracy and literacy, and cost-effectiveness. A scale-up implementation study guided by the RE-AIM framework will evaluate the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of the intervention when delivered in 160 primary schools in urban and regional areas of NSW. …”
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Training teachers in classroom management to improve mental health in primary school children: the STARS cluster RCT by Tamsin Ford, Rachel Hayes, Sarah Byford, Vanessa Edwards, Malcolm Fletcher, Stuart Logan, Brahm Norwich, Will Pritchard, Kate Allen, Matthew Allwood, Poushali Ganguli, Katie Grimes, Lorraine Hansford, Bryony Longdon, Shelley Norman, Anna Price, Abigail Emma Russell, Obioha C Ukoumunne

“…Despite no main effect on educational attainment, subgroup analysis indicated that the intervention’s effect differed between those who did and those who did not have poor mental health for both literacy (interaction p = 0.04) and numeracy (interaction p = 0.03). Independent blind observations and qualitative feedback from teachers suggested that teachers’ behaviour in the classroom changed as a result of attending TCM training. …”
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