Background Health literacy (HL) is defined as the degree to which individuals have the
capacity to obtain process and understand basic health information and services required …

There are increasing calls for public health policies to realize the visions of a health literate
society and health literacy on a global scale. However, there are still more gaps in what …

AIMS: Improvement of general health literacy is one of the ways to achieve the desired
public health condition. To this end, the first step is to determine the health literacy level and …

BACKGROUND: Health literacy is the capacity to acquire, process, and understand basic
information and services necessary for appropriate health decisions. Given the importance …

Abstract Background and Objective: Health literacy as one of the most important issues for
promoting public health has gained the attention of policy makers. The quality of life and …

Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the level of
health literacy (HL) in the Iranian population. Data Sources: Persian and English-language …

Background: Smoking is one of the most important risk factors for chronic diseases in the
world and its use is growing rapidly among the adolescents and youth. Health literacy is one …

BACKGROUND: Developed countries have strong health and demographic surveillance
system (HDSS), whereas there is a dearth of such system in develo** countries like India …

BACKGROUND: The literacy level of the elderly is predictive of health behaviors, average
hospitalization in health centers, and the type of verbal interaction with health service …

elf-care and accountability of the elderly against various diseases require an acceptable
level of health literacy [1]. Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have …