Effect of health literacy among students on the adoption of osteoporosis-preventive behaviors in Iran

• Main Authors: Rahman Panahi (Author), Leili Yekefallah (Author), Mahya Shafaei (Author), Leila Dehghankar (Author), Mohamad Anbari (Author), Narges Hosseini (Author), Elham Hasannia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: In chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, understanding the factors that improve prevention, such as health literacy (HL), is essential in reducing the incidence of these diseases. This study aimed to determine the association between HL and adoption of osteoporosis-preventive behaviors...