Significance of Health literacy
Health literacy is the ability of individuals to obtain, process, and understand essential health information necessary for making informed health decisions. It plays a crucial role in both Ayurveda and scientific contexts by influencing treatment compliance, patient engagement, and overall health outcomes. Effective health literacy education can empower individuals to navigate healthcare systems, facilitating better communication with providers and compliance with treatment plans. Addressing low health literacy is essential for improving individual health management and achieving better public health outcomes.
Synonyms: Health knowledge, Health education, Health awareness, Medical literacy
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Hindu concept of 'Health literacy'
Health literacy in Hinduism emphasizes the importance of understanding one's Prakriti type through educational programs, which empowers individuals to make informed health decisions and supports the acceptance of AYUSH services for overall happiness and well-being.
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) This is a crucial factor in the acceptance of AYUSH services, which involves creating awareness among people about the importance of good health, as a way to achieve overall happiness and satisfaction.[1] (2) This is improved through educational programs that empower individuals to make informed decisions about their health based on their Prakriti type.[2]
The concept of Health literacy in scientific sources
Health literacy encompasses the skills necessary for individuals to access, understand, and apply health information. It influences disease management, treatment adherence, and decision-making, indicating its importance across various health contexts and populations.
From: African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
(1) Levels of this and English comprehension are examined in patients presenting to South African primary healthcare facilities.[3] (2) Poor health literacy related to low educational attainment and limited access to media among older patients is a known contributing factor to suboptimal diabetes outcomes among this group, requiring additional time.[4] (3) It is considered a social determinant of health associated with the poor management of chronic diseases, according to the World Health Organization, who state that individuals with low health literacy due to socio-economic determinants face a barrier.[5] (4) The ability of individuals to understand and use health information, which is an important consideration in mHealth tool design.[6] (5) This refers to the understanding of health information, which can be improved by the optimal scenario.[7]
From: South African Family Practice
(1) Individual, psychological and behavioural factors have been identified as barriers to adherence, including poor health literacy.[8] (2) This phrase refers to the ability to understand and use health information, which the text suggests is an important factor in promoting help-seeking behaviours.[9] (3) This is the ability to understand health information, and the text mentions inadequate health literacy as a poorly researched CVD risk factor disproportionately affecting women, warranting further research.[10] (4) This term refers to an individual's ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions, which is a key factor.[11] (5) This refers to the ability to understand and use health information, and participants with higher levels of education may have greater levels of this and facilitate healthy lifestyle behaviors.[12]
From: The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
(1) The ability to understand health information, and it was included in a survey of the National Health and Morbidity Survey in 2019.[13] (2) This concept is explored in young adults, including the adaptation and psychometric properties of the Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire.[14] (3) This describes a person's ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information, which is important for the adolescents.[15] (4) This refers to an individual's ability to understand and use health information, and it is one of the key findings of the 2019 National Health and Morbidity Survey.[16] (5) This concept involves a person's ability to understand health information, and it is considered in the context of cancer screening.[17]
From: Journal of Public Health in Africa
(1) The capacity to access, comprehend, evaluate, and appropriately use health information to support and maintain good health, as described in the text.[18] (2) Health literacy about hypertension and antihypertensive agents is a factor that positively influences medication adherence in older adults, and it is very important.[19] (3) Health literacy is a factor that influences the success of self-management, and it is one of the factors that influences self-management, along with other aspects.[20] (4) This refers to the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information, and it can be reached through schools.[21] (5) This is the subject of observations within a chronic illness clinic that offers care for patients dealing with epilepsy in a particular city.[22]
From: South African Journal of HIV Medicine
(1) Since low health literacy has been associated with poor health outcomes, there is growing interest in ways to improve patients’ health literacy.[23] (2) This is the understanding of health information, and its absence can pose obstacles to the successful implementation of PMTCT programmes.[24] (3) This refers to a person's ability to understand and use health information to make informed decisions about their health and well-being, which is essential.[25] (4) This refers to the knowledge, skills, and information individuals need to make healthy choices and central to improving health literacy is ensuring that individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand health information.[26] (5) The text mentions the low health literacy in the region as a potential barrier to achieving high rates of testing and sustained linkage to care, which is an important factor.[27]
From: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
(1) This is the ability to understand and use health information, and it is strengthened through education on secondary health conditions.[28] (2) Health literacy describes the personal skills and environmental conditions that enable individuals to obtain, understand, and use information to make decisions and take actions that will have an impact on their health status.[29] (3) Health literacy, such as knowledge of physiotherapy, is important for its utilization, and the text mentions the limited health literacy of communities within South Africa, which may hinder the use of available physiotherapy services.[30]
From: Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics
(1) The knowledge and understanding patients possess about their health conditions, treatment options, and medical advice, crucial for engagement.[31]
From: South African Journal of Psychiatry
(1) This refers to the understanding of health information, and a systematic review highlighted the poor mental health literacy of non-psychiatrists in the Arab Gulf countries.[32] (2) The capacity to understand and utilize health information, and the low levels of which among service providers can hinder the recognition of survivor’s mental health needs.[33] (3) This refers to an individual's understanding of health-related information, and poor health literacy was found to be a contributing factor to medication non-adherence in the study.[34] (4) Knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders which aid their recognition, management, or prevention, encompassing the ability to identify psychological distress or specific mental disorders.[35]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) It encompasses the competencies, knowledge, and motivation to access, understand, appraise, and apply health-related information to make informed decisions.[36] (2) It is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand basic health information.[37]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) Health literacy refers to the capacity of individuals to make appropriate health decisions based on health information and it has been suggested to impact medication adherence.[38]