Health literacy (HL) implies the achievement of a level of knowledge, personal skills and confidence to take action to improve personal and community health by changing personal lifestile conditions. The concept of HL was originally limited to functional skills that are needed to obtain, process, and understand health related information. Several instruments have been developed to measure HL and explore how health outcomes relate to HL, but only a few of them have the purpose or have been used to measure HL at the population level, although the measure of HL in the general population is considered an important step for achieving a more public health literate society.
HEALTH LITERACY FOR HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
Giuseppe Vito;Alessandra Sorrentini;Patrizia Belfiore
2020-01-01
Abstract
Health literacy (HL) implies the achievement of a level of knowledge, personal skills and confidence to take action to improve personal and community health by changing personal lifestile conditions. The concept of HL was originally limited to functional skills that are needed to obtain, process, and understand health related information. Several instruments have been developed to measure HL and explore how health outcomes relate to HL, but only a few of them have the purpose or have been used to measure HL at the population level, although the measure of HL in the general population is considered an important step for achieving a more public health literate society.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
