Measures to improve literacy in health matters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/25877305-2018-12-21
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2018

Professor K. Amlaev, MD; Kh. Dakhkilgova Stavropol State Medical University

To improve the population’s literacy in health matters is an important governmental problem, the solution of which includes improvement the quality of information materials, adaption of health services to the needs of a patient, and improvement of the population’s general literacy, and training health professionals.

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public health service
health literacy
increasing literacy levels



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