Cristina Vaz de Almeida

Cristina Vaz de Almeida has a Ph.D in Communication Sciences - Health Literacy She's a Researcher, Director of Post-graduate Studies on Health Literacy (ISPA), Lecturer, and Keynote speaker on Health Literacy. She has an extensive experience in the social, health, communication, and marketing domains. Has been planning and carrying out training in these areas in hospitals and other health organizations for over a decade. She has been publishing several books, chapters, and reports in the subject of Health Literacy, Health Communication, Social Marketing, Health Marketing; Social Inclusion. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5191-1718

Publications

Handbook of Research on Assertiveness, Clarity, and Positivity in Health Literacy
Cristina Vaz de Almeida, Susana Ramos. © 2022. 423 pages.
Health literacy in practice requires the development of techniques that ensure that the patient can better access information, understand its content, know how to use this...
Healthy Thanks to Communication: A Model of Communication Competences to Optimize Health Literacy – Assertiveness, Clear Language, and Positivity
Célia Belim, Cristina Vaz de Almeida. © 2021. 28 pages.
This chapter focuses on the contribution of communication competences, used by healthcare professionals in the clinical relationship with patients, to improve therapeutic...
Healthy Thanks to Communication: A Model of Communication Competences to Optimize Health Literacy – Assertiveness, Clear Language, and Positivity
Célia Belim, Cristina Vaz de Almeida. © 2018. 29 pages.
This chapter focuses on the contribution of communication competences, used by healthcare professionals in the clinical relationship with patients, to improve therapeutic...