Abstract Objective The Health Empowerment Model (Schulz & Nakamoto, 2013) advocates
that the effects of health literacy and empowerment are intertwined on health outcomes. This …

Background: Today the internet is a major source of health information, and younger
generations have more confidence in their digital information seeking skills and awareness …

Health literacy (HL) has become an important area of research. The aim of this study was to
evaluate the HL of primary healthcare patients in the Republic of Srpska (RS), Bosnia and …

The purpose of this study is to explore functional health literacy (FHL) and numeracy skills in
an insulin-treated, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patient population, and their impact on …

Parental health literacy is a decisive factor for child health and quality of life. Children of
parents with limited health literacy are at increased risk of illness and longer recovery …

Self-reported health literacy measures have seen increased application throughout the last
years, among those are the brief health literacy screeners (BHLS) developed by Chew and …

An adequate level of health literacy is essential for clear communication between patients
and health care workers. The internationalization of universities is increasing in the field of …

Objectives: The first efforts to measure health literacy have recently started in Hungary, thus
there remains a need for tools that can be effectively used in the clinical setting. The goal of …

Digital health literacy or E-health literacy is defined as the ability to seek, find, understand,
and appraise health information from electronic sources and apply the knowledge gained to …

As a critical determinant of health at a population level, knowing health literacy is essential
for effective health promotion and for the positive influence on health status. However, very …