Iran health insurance system in transition: equity concerns and steps to achieve universal health coverage

L Doshmangir, M Bazyar, A Rashidian… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Springer
Background Equity, efficiency, sustainability, acceptability to clients and providers, and
quality are the cornerstones of universal health coverage (UHC). No country has a single …

Regional expert opinion: Management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey

M Abdelhamid, K Al Ghalayini, K Al‐Humood… - ESC heart …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although epidemiological data on heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
are scarce in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region, Lancet Global …

Health literacy and diabetes knowledge: a nationwide survey in a multi-ethnic population

PV Asharani, JH Lau, K Roystonn, F Devi… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Health literacy is a key determinant of the public health and health climate of the nation. This
study examined the functional health literacy of the nation, factors associated with health …

Health literacy in a high income Arab country: A nation-wide cross-sectional survey study

SC Nair, J Sreedharan, KP Satish, H Ibrahim - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Health literacy is a powerful predictor of health outcomes, but remains a global
challenge. There is a paucity of published data and limited understanding of the health …

The role of health beliefs and health literacy in women's health promoting behaviours based on the health belief model: a descriptive study

M Ghorbani-Dehbalaei, M Loripoor, M Nasirzadeh - BMC women's health, 2021 - Springer
Background Health literacy and health beliefs are factors that can effectively contribute to
adoption of preventive behaviors among women. The present study was done to explore the …

Malaysian health literacy: scorecard performance from a national survey

N Jaafar, K Perialathan, M Krishnan, N Juatan… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Health literacy is an indicator of a society's ability to make better health judgements for
themselves and the people around them. This study investigated the prevalence of health …

Health literacy and health information sources in relation to foodborne and waterborne diseases among adults in Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia, 2022: A community …

BT Seboka, M Negashe, DE Yehualashet, C Kassawe… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Introduction Foodborne and waterborne illnesses affect billions of people each year and
impose a significant burden on public health globally. To reduce the prevalence of …

Prevalence of limited health literacy in the Philippines: first National Survey

MCC Tolabing, KCD Co, OM Mendoza… - HLRP: Health …, 2022 - journals.healio.com
Background: Health literacy (HL) is the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply
health information across the three domains of the health continuum: health care, disease …

Sexual and reproductive health literacy of the youth in Bandar Abbas

F Dabiri, S Hajian, A Ebadi, F Zayeri… - AIMS Medical …, 2019 - eprints.bmsu.ac.ir
Objective: Considering the high prevalence of complications, including unwanted
pregnancies and high risk sexual behaviors among the Iranian youth population, the aim of …

Assessment of health literacy and health promoting behaviors among the urban adult population

S Ranjbaran, KM Chollou, T Babazadeh - Ethiopian journal of health …, 2022 - ajol.info
Background: The main criteria of health determinants are Health Promoting Behaviors
(HPBs) and Health Literacy (HL). This study aimed to assess HL and HPBs among the urban …