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</font><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;font-size:14pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Knowledge Management & E-Learning (KM&EL)</font></span></i></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">2013 SNIP (Source Normalized
Impact per Paper): 1.052 | Ranking: 218/643 Education | 45/113 Management of
Technology and Innovation</font></span></i></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">2013 SJR (SCImago Journal Rank):
0.431 | Ranking: 376/1035 Education | 65/224 Management of Technology and
Innovation</font></span></i></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;font-size:14pt"><font face="Times New Roman">eHealth Literacy: Emergence of a new
concept for creating, evaluating and understanding online health resources for
the public</font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><font face="Times New Roman"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt"><font color="#000000">Prof.
</font></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt"><font color="#000000">Andre W. Kushniurk</font></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt"><font color="#000000"> (ACMI
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</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">School
of Health Information Science,</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">University of Victoria</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Victoria,
Canada</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">Email:</font></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:%20andrek@uvic.ca"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">This special issue of the KM&EL international journal is
dedicated to coverage of advances in the emerging area of eHealth literacy.
Methods for assessing the extent to which people can find, understand and use
health information obtained from electronic sources (i.e. eHealth literacy) are
needed in order to improve the effectiveness of healthcare in the age of mobile
and virtual healthcare. Indeed an increasing number of information systems and
resources have been designed for use by the general population as well as
specific patient and lay populations such as the elderly, disabled and the
young. However, there currently exists a huge range of systems and health IT
applications and the extent to which they meet the information and
understanding needs of end users is often questionable. Indeed many health
systems, websites and on-line resources have been criticized for not only lack
of usability but also for issues related to the content of information, its
understandability, its usefulness and its presentation. In addition, new
methods (that can draw from areas such as health literacy, as well as
user-centered and participatory health IT design processes) are needed to
fine-tune and improve the uptake of information presented to users in order to
improve the health of the general population.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000" size="3">In this call we invite papers that describe advances in
understanding health literacy as it relates to use of on-line health resources
and the concept of eHealth literacy itself.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">In addition, the special issue is interested in new approaches to
improving health and eHealth literacy, and improving the adoption of systems
and information resources targeted to patients, lay people and the general
population, as well as specific subgroups (such as the elderly, disabled and
young people). This can be through improved educational initiatives as well as
improved system and information resource design and evaluation. Studies
evaluating health and eHealth literacy using information technologies are also
welcome. </font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0cm"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">eHealth literacy as a concept</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">The relation of eHealth literacy to
health literacy research</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">Advances in the application of concepts
from eHealth literacy in the design and deployment of new information
technologies</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">Research on the potential and
opportunities for improving the uptake of health related information using
eHealth, web technologies, mobile health applications and virtual health
applications</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">Approaches to measuring and assessing
eHealth literacy</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">Approaches to assessing user needs
regarding health information and its understanding and translation into
practice</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">Approaches to designing health
information systems for the public that better take into account the
information needs, understanding, capacity as well as limitations of end
users</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">Best practices for incorporating
advanced health information technology into daily health practices and
promotion.</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">Approaches and technologies for
providing distance health information and support to lay people and
patients</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">Results of studies examining eHealth
literacy</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">Educational practices and approaches to
improving eHealth literacy</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">New developments, trends and approaches
to e-learning and distance education of the general public that takes into
consideration eHealth literacy</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></ul><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">This issue is designed to elicit both theoretical and applied papers
that describe efforts around eHealth literacy. We are interested in both
theoretical and applied papers that aim to improve healthcare and specifically
improve uptake of health information by the wider population using information
technologies and online resources. We would like to stimulate interest in the
issues across academia, practice, industry, research and policy and therefore
we welcome focused papers from all sectors.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;font-variant:small-caps"><font size="3">Important Dates</font></span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;font-variant:small-caps"><font size="3"> </font><b><span><font size="3"> </font></span></b></span></u></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">Submission due: </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">15th September</font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">, 201</font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">5</font></span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">Notification of acceptance: </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">15th</font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">November</font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">,
201</font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">5</font></span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Publication schedule: </font></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">December, 2015 (Vol. 7. No. 4)</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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email to the Guest Editor is required</font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3"> (</font></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:andrek@uvic.ca"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">andrek@uvic.ca</font></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">)</font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" size="3">.</font></span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Papers must not have been published,
accepted for publication, or presently be under consideration for publication
elsewhere. A standard double-blind review process will be used for selecting
papers to be published in this special issue. Authors should follow the
instructions outlined in the KM&EL Website (see URL</font><a href="http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">)</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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