Health literacy and infectious diseases: why does it matter?
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- 作者：Enrique Castro-Sá ; ncheza ; e.castro-sanchez@imperial.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Peter W.S. Changb ; Rafael Vila-Candelc ; Angel A. Escobedod ; Alison H. Holmesa
- 关键词：Health literacy ; Infectious diseases ; Health communication ; Self-efficacy
- 刊名：International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：43
- 期：Complete
- 页码：103-110
- 全文大小：460 K
文摘
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Health literacy is an emerging public health and research field.
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There are limited studies focused on health literacy and infectious diseases.
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Infections such as malaria with a high burden of morbidity were underrepresented.
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Most investigations considered functional but not critical health literacy.