While there is evidence that knowledge influences understanding of health information, less is known about the processing mechanisms underlying this effect and its impact on memory. We used the moving window paradigm to examine how older adults varying in domain-general crystallised ability (verbal ability) and health knowledge allocate attention to understand health and domain-general texts. P...

Health related research is an interdisciplinary, broad and growing research area. With the growth of digitalised systems that simplify and make work processes more efficient in many companies and organisations, the amount of available data is now immense. The information contained in health related digital data sets could be used for further research and also, in the long run, for improving hea...

A review of the historical evolution of the concept of community health diagnosis in nursing identifies sources of ambiguity that have impeded making the goals and values of community health nursing operational. Refinements of meaning in the conceptualization of the community health diagnosis that focus upon the community as the primary level of analysis are suggested. Implications of this reco...