Objectives Personal health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find,
understand and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions …

Background: The Chinese government uses health literacy as an evaluation to estimate
population health status in national strategic planning. A health literacy survey system for the …

Background In recent years, research on health literacy has become increasingly focused
on the health care system and public health. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate …

Health literacy has become an important public health concern. Multistage cluster random
sampling was used to select 12 450 individuals. Using the 2009 Chinese Health Literacy …

Objective To measure, evaluate health literacy and discover its relative factors among
residents of three cities in China. Methods Multiple cluster sampling was employed and …

Background Health literacy measurement lays a solid foundation to identify associations
with health outcomes and monitor population health literacy levels over time. In mainland …

Introduction Health literacy is a critical determinant of health. However, the association
between health literacy and outcomes among Chinese residents has not been studied using …

Background Health literacy is a strong predictor of health status. This study develops and
tests a structural equation model to explore the factors that are associated with the health …

Introduction Health information literacy is critical for individuals to obtain, understand,
screen, and apply health information. However, there is currently no specific tool available to …

Background: Health literacy enables a person to make good decisions regarding health
care, disease prevention, and health promotion to maintain and improve health. Although …