Sağlık Okuryazarlığı: Kavramsal Bir Çalışma
Conference paper > Full Text · 2024
Authors: Şadiye Emet GÜREL, İlkay Burak Taşkıran
10. International European Congress on Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Netherlands, Amsterdam, International, Verbal, Full Text, 2024-2024, pp 907-916
Summary
<p>Throughout the history of civilization, human beings have sought ways to avoid diseases and pursued health. In every age and civilization, individuals have needed basic health information in order to prevent diseases, improve their health status and be aware of the positive or negative factors affecting their health. At the point where medical and communication sciences have reached today, health is recognized as a type of literacy. This literacy, conceptually called 'health literacy', is defined as the mental and social skills necessary for individuals to access, understand, apply and use health-related information in their health decisions. In this context, health literacy offers great advantages to individuals and societies. Individuals who are health literate make significant contributions to themselves, their immediate environment and the society and help to improve health and quality of life. This study focuses on health literacy, which is one of the remarkable concepts of recent times. The study has a conceptual perspective. Within the scope of the study, health literacy is discussed on the basis of its definition and purpose, historical development, parties, dimensions and level. It is thought that the study is important because it deals with health literacy, which is one of the important concepts in terms of human and social life, and will contribute to the literature in the context of successive studies.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Health, Literacy, Health Literacy, Health Communication, Health Management.</p>