Health Literacy in Patients' Clinical Records of Hospital Settings: A Systematic Review

• Main Authors: Elena Cristofori RN, PhD student (Author), Valentina Zeffiro PhD, RN (Author), Rosaria Alvaro MsN, RN, FESC, FAAN (Author), Fabio D'Agostino PhD, RN (Author), Maurizio Zega PhD, RN (Author), Antonello Cocchieri PhD, RN (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Introduction Health literacy (HL) can be defined as the individual's ability to understand and process health information. A low level of HL can be viewed as a stronger predictor of a person's health status than age, education level, and race. Although HL is an important determinant of hea...