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Challenges and Implications of Health Literacy in Global Health Care

Challenges and Implications of Health Literacy in Global Health Care

Kijpokin Kasemsap
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781522522553|ISBN10: 1522522557|EISBN13: 9781522522560
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch324
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Kasemsap, Kijpokin. "Challenges and Implications of Health Literacy in Global Health Care." Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 3734-3744. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch324

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Kasemsap, K. (2018). Challenges and Implications of Health Literacy in Global Health Care. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition (pp. 3734-3744). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch324

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Kasemsap, Kijpokin. "Challenges and Implications of Health Literacy in Global Health Care." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 3734-3744. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch324

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Abstract

This article explains the perspectives on health literacy; trends and issues with health literacy; and the challenges and implications of health literacy in global health care. Health literacy concerns the knowledge and competences of patient to meet the complex demands of health in modern health care. Providing effective patient information means acknowledging, understanding, and overcoming barriers to health literacy that physicians, health professionals, and patients might experience. Health literacy affects health behavior and the use of health services, thus affecting health outcomes and health costs in the health care organizations. The benefits of health literacy improvement include improved communication, greater adherence to treatment, greater ability to engage in self-care, improved health status, greater health care efficiency, and cost savings to the health care systems.

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