HEALTH LITERACY MATTERS: CONCEPT, CLASSIFICATION, METHODS OF ASSESSMENT

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/25877305-2018-06-19
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6
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2018

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

Patients with low health literacy face difficulties understanding medical information; they cannot adequately assess their health status and need to improve the latter. Therefore, it is necessary to develop measures to improve health literacy in the population.

Keywords: 
health literacy
literacy assessment
low health literacy



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