Health literacy entails the knowledge, motivation, and competencies to access, understand,
appraise, and apply health information in order to make judgments and decisions in …

Abstract Background Health Literacy (HL) is the knowledge and competence to access,
understand, appraise, and apply health information for health judgment. We analyze for the …

Health literacy, a more complex concept than knowledge, is a required capacity to obtain,
understand, integrate and act on health information [1], in order to enhance individual and …

Background Health literacy concerns the knowledge and competences of persons to meet
the complex demands of health in modern society. Although its importance is increasingly …

Health literacy has been defined by the World Health Organization as the cognitive and
social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to …

Abstract The Portuguese Health Literacy Survey (HLS-PT) was developed and applied in
Portugal on 2014, and its core goals were to contribute to an increase in the knowledge …

Background Several measurement tools have been developed to measure health literacy.
The tools vary in their approach and design, but few have focused on comprehensive health …

Background Health literacy is the ability to access to, understand, evaluate and use of
essential health information to make basic health decisions. This study aimed to develop …

Background: Health literacy enhances a population's self-care capacity and helps to reduce
health inequalities. This work examines the health literacy of a population attending primary …

Applied to health, literacy enhances the capacity to make the decisions that are necessary
for autonomous health management. With this position paper, we intend to defend the thesis …