Anna Aaby

763 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 487 citations indexed

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Anna Aaby is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Aaby has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 487 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in General Health Professions, 3 papers in Epidemiology and 2 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in Anna Aaby's work include Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (15 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (11 papers) and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (4 papers). Anna Aaby is often cited by papers focused on Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (15 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (11 papers) and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (4 papers). Anna Aaby collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Australia and United Kingdom. Anna Aaby's co-authors include Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Karina Friis, Bo Christensen, Gill Rowlands, Knud Ryom, Jonathan O’Hara, Mélanie Hawkins, Charlotte Demant Klinker, Alison Beauchamp and Mathias Lasgaard and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, European Journal of Public Health and Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Anna Aaby

16 papers receiving 466 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Health literacy is associated with health behaviour and self-reported health: A large population-based study in individuals with cardiovascular disease

2017 236 citations Anna Aaby, Karina Friis et al. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna Aaby Denmark	10	371	78	70	64	49	16	487
C von Wagner United Kingdom	3	362 1.0×	56 0.7×	71 1.0×	60 0.9×	31 0.6×	11	467
K. Knight United States	3	362 1.0×	55 0.7×	71 1.0×	65 1.0×	31 0.6×	8	466
Sibel Altin Germany	10	386 1.0×	90 1.2×	54 0.8×	61 1.0×	40 0.8×	20	522
Win Myint Oo Myanmar	8	310 0.8×	95 1.2×	72 1.0×	64 1.0×	57 1.2×	27	539
Bas Geboers Netherlands	8	376 1.0×	67 0.9×	111 1.6×	58 0.9×	29 0.6×	11	494
Gerald R. Elsworth Australia	9	436 1.2×	101 1.3×	84 1.2×	27 0.4×	46 0.9×	11	548
Amanda E. Borsky United States	12	252 0.7×	53 0.7×	83 1.2×	95 1.5×	18 0.4×	29	461
Elahe Tavassoli Iran	11	218 0.6×	63 0.8×	44 0.6×	71 1.1×	15 0.3×	52	415
Paresh Dawda Australia	10	232 0.6×	170 2.2×	52 0.7×	64 1.0×	36 0.7×	37	471
Chanuantong Tanasugarn Thailand	10	227 0.6×	127 1.6×	32 0.5×	57 0.9×	27 0.6×	18	491

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Balasubramaniam, Kirubakaran, et al.. (2024). Health Literacy and Healthcare Seeking with Lung Cancer Symptoms among Individuals with Different Smoking Statuses: A Population‐Based Study. European Journal of Cancer Care. 2024(1). 2 indexed citations

Aaby, Anna, et al.. (2023). The Brief Health Literacy Scale for Adults: Adaptation and Validation of the Health Literacy for School-Aged Children Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(22). 7071–7071. 2 indexed citations

Maimburg, Rikke Damkjær, et al.. (2022). The Health Literacy in Pregnancy (HeLP) Program Study Protocol: Development of an Antenatal Care Intervention Using the Ophelia Process. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(8). 4449–4449. 6 indexed citations

Ryom, Knud, Helene Kirkegaard, Steven Allender, et al.. (2022). Participatory System Dynamics Approach Targeting Childhood Health in a Small Danish Community (Children’s Cooperation Denmark): Protocol for a Feasibility Study Design. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e43949–e43949. 3 indexed citations

Aaby, Anna & Helle Terkildsen Maindal. (2022). Identifying Health Literacy Responsiveness Improvement Ideas in Danish Health Centers: Initial Testing of the OS! Approach. HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice. 6(3). 2 indexed citations

Aaby, Anna, et al.. (2021). Multimorbidity and health literacy: A population-based survey among 28,627 Danish adults. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 51(2). 165–172. 19 indexed citations

Aaby, Anna, et al.. (2020). A CHAT about health literacy – a qualitative feasibility study of the Conversational Health Literacy Assessment Tool (CHAT) in a Danish municipal healthcare centre. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 35(4). 1250–1258. 23 indexed citations

Aaby, Anna, et al.. (2020). Improving Organizational Health Literacy Responsiveness in Cardiac Rehabilitation Using A Co-Design Methodology: Results from The Heart Skills Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(3). 1015–1015. 29 indexed citations

Friis, Karina, et al.. (2020). Low Health Literacy and Mortality in Individuals with Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Diabetes, and Mental Illness: A 6-Year Population-Based Follow-Up Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(24). 9399–9399. 20 indexed citations

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Aaby, Anna, Karina Friis, Bo Christensen, & Helle Terkildsen Maindal. (2020). Health Literacy among People in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Associations with Participation and Health-Related Quality of Life in the Heart Skills Study in Denmark. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(2). 443–443. 13 indexed citations

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Friis, Karina, et al.. (2020). Impact of low health literacy on healthcare utilization in individuals with cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and mental disorders. A Danish population-based 4-year follow-up study. European Journal of Public Health. 30(5). 866–872. 18 indexed citations

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Aaby, Anna, et al.. (2020). Fit for Diversity: A Staff-Driven Organizational Development Process Based on the Organizational Health Literacy Responsiveness Framework. HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice. 4(1). e79–e83. 9 indexed citations

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Klinker, Charlotte Demant, et al.. (2020). Health Literacy is Associated with Health Behaviors in Students from Vocational Education and Training Schools: A Danish Population-Based Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(2). 671–671. 45 indexed citations

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Putrik, Polina, Anna Aaby, Xavier Debussche, et al.. (2019). Acting together – WHO National Health Literacy Demonstration Projects (NHLDPs) address health literacy needs in the European Region. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 5. 233–243. 28 indexed citations

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Aaby, Anna, Alison Beauchamp, Jonathan O’Hara, & Helle Terkildsen Maindal. (2019). Large diversity in Danish health literacy profiles: perspectives for care of long-term illness and multimorbidity. European Journal of Public Health. 30(1). 75–80. 32 indexed citations

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Aaby, Anna, Karina Friis, Bo Christensen, Gill Rowlands, & Helle Terkildsen Maindal. (2017). Health literacy is associated with health behaviour and self-reported health: A large population-based study in individuals with cardiovascular disease. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 24(17). 1880–1888. 236 indexed citations breakdown →

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