Health literacy in Europe: comparative results of the European health literacy survey (HLS-EU)

Sørensen, Kristine; M. Pelikan, Jürgen; Röthlin, Florian; Ganahl, Kristin; Słońska, Zofia; Doyle, Gerardine; Fullam, James; Kondilis, Barbara; Agrafiotis, Demosthenes; Uiters, Ellen; Falcón Romero, María; Mensing, M; Tchamov, Kancho; Van den Broucke, Stephan; Brand, Helmut

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckv043

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Health literacy in Europe: comparative results of the European health literacy survey (HLS-EU)

Published in European Journal of Public Health • Apr 5, 2015

Authors:

Kristine Sørensen

Jürgen M. Pelikan

Florian Röthlin

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Health literacy concerns the capacities of people to meet the complex demands of health in modern society. In spite of the growing attention for the concept among European health policymakers, researchers and practitioners, information about the status of health literacy in Europe remain...

Subject

Health literacy

Eurobarometer

Literacy

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