Aims To explore the impact of pictorial image and teach back educational strategies on
knowledge, adherence to medication and diet among patients with type 2 diabetes and low …

Background Health literacy refers to personal competencies for the access to, understanding
of, appraisal of and application of health information in order to make sound decisions in …

Background The most important factor in controlling diabetes is self-care behaviors;
improving self-care behaviors is the first step in helping patients to better control and …

Abstract Background and Objectives: Health Literacy has been defined as the cognitive and
social skills that determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to …

Background: Accessing to health information, getting informed about the health and illness
issues is an important factor for health status. It is expected that having a good health …

Background Self-medication is described as the use of drugs without a physician's
prescription to treat self-recognized illness or symptoms, and an important health issue …

Objective Urinary tract infection (UTI) is assumed to be associated with the risk of fetal and
maternal mortality and morbidity during pregnancy. The potential effect of health literacy and …

Background and objective: Health literacy is the capacity of individuals to obtain process
and understand basic health information and services needed to make healthy decisions …

Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 70 patients with type 2 diabetes
that were randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control. Data were …

Abstract Background and Objectives: The awareness of the health knowledge level of a
population and the weaknesses in people's health literacy is essential for educational …