Background Patients diagnosed with cancer face many challenges and need a good
understanding of their diagnosis and proposed treatments to make informed decisions about …

Background A pregnant woman's health literacy refers to her knowledge, motivation, and
skills to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information to make decisions in …

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 …

Low health literacy is considered to lead to worse health-related outcomes and behaviors
and has therefore been recognized as a social determinant of health. While health literacy …

Health education has continuously evolved and taken several distinctive forms over the
decades. The emergence of new concepts such as health promotion and health literacy …

Pharmaceutical care requires a patient-centered approach, focusing on the ability of patients
to understand drug-related information and follow the instructions delivered by pharmacists …

Studies evaluating the influence of health literacy on patient behavior and outcomes suggest
a positive relationship between health literacy and health knowledge, health behaviors, and …

Health literacy was identified as an important determinant of health, particularly for
adolescents. However, more efforts are needed to monitor this construct and provide inputs …

For health services, improving organizational health literacy responsiveness is a promising
approach to enhance health and counter health inequity. A number of frameworks and tools …

The Health Literacy for School-Aged Children (HLSAC) is a brief, generic instrument
measuring health literacy among school-aged children. Given its brevity and broad …