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Exploring the Association between Health Literacy and Diabetes Risk in Adults: ...
Batalha, Maria João; Gabriel, Tiago; Alves, Bartolomeu; Soledade, Ana; Passadouro, Rui; Dias, Sara SimõesIntroduction: Low levels of health literacy (HL) are related to behaviors that increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, in Europe, there is still little knowledge about this relationship, and whether improving HL could be an effective strategy for preventing the disease. Therefore, this study aims to measure the association between HL and the risk of developing T2D in adults living in the...
Health literacy – study protocol for LiSa cohort study
Batalha, Maria João; Gabriel, Tiago; Valentim, Ana; Soledade, Ana; Gomes, Cátia; Alves, Bartolomeu; Santos, Estêvão Soares dos; Passadouro, RuiBackground: Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others, whether at home, at the workplace, in the community, marketplace, healthcare sector, or the political arena. The main aim of this project is to measure health literacy in the adult population living in the ...