There are increasing calls for public health policies to realize the visions of a health literate
society and health literacy on a global scale. However, there are still more gaps in what …

Background: Inadequate health literacy (HL) is associated with poorer health outcomes and
worse health care. Up to one-half of Iranian women have difficulty in interpreting medical …

AIMS: Improvement of general health literacy is one of the ways to achieve the desired
public health condition. To this end, the first step is to determine the health literacy level and …

Background Hypertension is usually symptomless, and is not seriously attended until it
causes some chronic complications. Individuals' skills in understanding and applying …

Purpose During the survival period of breast cancer patients, an understanding of and ability
to implement health knowledge may be important for survivors' physical and mental quality …

Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the level of
health literacy (HL) in the Iranian population. Data Sources: Persian and English-language …

It is generally accepted that health literacy is a vital and modifiable factor in improvement of
access to health information, communication with healthcare providers and orientation …

Background and Objectives: To investigate the health literacy (HL) among older adults in
Taiwan, we referenced an existing integrated model of HL to confirm the influencing factors …

Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 260 fertile patients with breast cancer
from screening and monitoring centers and breast cancer clinics in Tehran from August …

Background and objective: Health literacy includes a set of skills in reading, listening,
analysis, decision-making and the ability to apply these skills to health situations aim of the …