Health literacy
Topic: Community health
A person's capacity to find, understand and use health information to make decisions. Low health literacy can lead to poor health outcomes, and anyone can have trouble understanding health information. Use plain, nonmedical language and visual aids, and confirm understanding with the teach-back method.
- In Turkish:
- Sağlık okuryazarlığı
What does Health literacy mean?
Health literacy is part of the Community health topic in nursing. Students meet it in class, on clinical placements and while preparing for exams.
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