Health literacy and the role of therapeutic professionals: A scoping review / Gesundheitskompetenz und die Rolle der Therapieberufe: Ein scoping Review

Health literacy (HL) describes people’s knowledge, motivation, and competences to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information. Limited health literacy can clearly negatively impact health outcomes and therapeutic professionals are potentially important contact persons for patients and...

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Main Authors: Schwendemann Hanna Elisabeth, Thieme Holm
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Sciendo 2023-12-01
Series:International Journal of Health Professions
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2023-0012
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Summary:Health literacy (HL) describes people’s knowledge, motivation, and competences to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information. Limited health literacy can clearly negatively impact health outcomes and therapeutic professionals are potentially important contact persons for patients and their relatives to address health literacy.
ISSN:2296-990X