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0217/2020 - Health literacy in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review
Literacia para a saúde em países de renda baixa ou média: Uma revisão sistemática

Author:

• Ana Luiza Braz Pavão - Pavão, A.L.B - <ana.pavao@icict.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4122-1796

Co-author(s):

• Guilherme Loureiro Werneck - Werneck, G. L. - <gwerneck@nesc.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1169-1436


Abstract:

Backgroud. Health literacy (HL) relates to individual capacities of access, understanding, assessment and application of health information to make decisions in everyday life, to maintain or improve health. Objectives. Review studies on HL developed in low and middle-income countries, with an emphasis on the definition used for HL. Methodology. Systematic review in Medline, Embase, Scopus, LILACS and Scielo databases. We included studies that showed the definition of HL, studies in countries with low and middle-income economies and Latin American studies. First ion of studies was made by reading the titles and/or abstracts. Two independent evaluators conducted the reading of the full text. Disagreements were discussed by consensus. Results. 6,025 references were found and 36 were ed for the final sample. Most studies (58.3%) wereAsian continent countries, followed by studiesSouth America countries (27.8%), including Brazil. Most studies (58.3%) evaluated the functional dimension of the HL (FHL). The most frequent definitions werethe Institute of Medicine andthe World Health Organization. Approximately 30% of the studies that evaluated the FHL used broader definitions of HL as theoretical frameworks.

Keywords:

Review; Health; Literacy; Public Health.

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Pavão, A.L.B, Werneck, G. L.. Health literacy in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Jul). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/health-literacy-in-low-and-middleincome-countries-a-systematic-review/17699?id=17699&id=17699



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