The low health literacy in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Patricia Romualdo de Jesus (Author), Bianca Vendruscolo Bianchini (Author), Patrícia Klarmann Ziegelmann (Author), Tatiane da Silva Dal Pizzol (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Health literacy (HL) impacts people's health and well-being. In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), there are no general estimates of the prevalence of low HL. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of low HL among citizens of LAC and identify the tools used to measu...