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The Fundamentals of Health Literacy

The Fundamentals of Health Literacy

Kijpokin Kasemsap
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522509202|ISBN10: 1522509208|EISBN13: 9781522509219
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0920-2.ch030
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Kasemsap, Kijpokin. "The Fundamentals of Health Literacy." Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management, edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 507-527. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0920-2.ch030

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Kasemsap, K. (2017). The Fundamentals of Health Literacy. In N. Wickramasinghe (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management (pp. 507-527). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0920-2.ch030

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Kasemsap, Kijpokin. "The Fundamentals of Health Literacy." In Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management, edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe, 507-527. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0920-2.ch030

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Abstract

This chapter describes the overview of health literacy; the characteristics of functional health literacy, interactive health literacy, and critical health literacy; and the significance of health literacy in global health care. Health literacy is about how patients understand health information about health and health care, and how they apply that health information to their daily lives, utilize it to make health-related decisions, and act on it. Being able to understand health information and make decisions from that information is vital to patients' well-being. Health literacy can help patients prevent their health problems and protect their health, as well as better manage those problems and unexpected situations that happen. Patients with good health literacy make effective health decisions because they can find, understand, and evaluate the health information in global health care.

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