Background Despite its relevance, health literacy and its impact on health-seeking
behaviour and health outcomes tends to be poorly understood, and usually not assessed or …

Background Patients with heart failure in Uganda present for health care with advanced
structural heart disease, have repeated hospitalizations and poorly controlled disease …

Background: Malaria in pregnancy is a major public health problem in Nigeria. Long-Lasting
Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) have been advocated as an effective tool against malaria …

Diarrhea and other diarrheal diseases such as cholera, pose great health problems and
continue to be a major cause of child morbidity and mortality among children under 5 in …

Health literacy is a relatively new term and concept, yet basic to the health, wellbeing and
development of individuals and nations. Low health literacy rates affect both developed and …

The emergence of mass media such as television, internet, radio, and mobile phones has
transformed entertainment-education which has been around for centuries in the form of …

Background: Given the major role of capacity building in improving the health of rural
communities and due to the lack of studies performed on this issue, we aimed to investigate …

Objective: To determine the relationship of health literacy with perceived need of health
information and health related behaviors in urban population of Karachi. Study Design …

Hypertension is often the precursor to cardiovascular disease complications with end-organ
damage in poorly managed condition. Adherence to medication and appointment-keeping …

The provision of accessible and usable health information is vital for making informed health
decisions and embracing active and preventative health behaviours (such as reporting of …