Association between health literacy and infectious diseases in foreign populations
10.3969/j.issn.1671-3982.2017.02.005
- VernacularTitle:国外人群健康素养与传染病相关性研究
- Author:
Zhaohui YANG
;
Hui WANG
;
Ping LUO
- Keywords:
Health literacy;
Infectious disease;
Antibiotics;
Preventive immunization;
Sexual behavior-transmit-ted disease;
Association
- From:Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science
2017;26(2):23-27
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Health literacy is the key factor that influences the public to understand health information and to make effective decision for their health and nursing. Papers on the association between health literacy and infectious dis-eases were thus retrieved from Medical Literature Database, PubMed and Nursing Database from 1999 to 2016 and the influence of health literacy on infectious diseases was analyzed, which showed that there were papers that repor-ted the knowledge and use of antibiotics, immunization for influenza and measles, sexual behavior-transmitted dis-ease and virus hepatitis with tuberculosis, malaria, hand sanitization and infectious diarrhea seldom involved, and that health literacy was associated with preventive measures.
