A Comparative Transnational Study in Health Literacy between Austria and Portugal
Date
2015-04
Authors
Fötschl, Ulrike
Lirk, Gerald
Martins, Anabela Correia
Andrade, Isabel
Mendes, Fernando
Oostingh, Gertie Janneke
Lirk, Gerald
Martins, Anabela Correia
Andrade, Isabel
Mendes, Fernando
Oostingh, Gertie Janneke
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Abstract
Health literacy (HL) is the ability to understand and use basic health information. We used a validated
standard assessment tool for HL and added individual factors in order to investigate the English HL between
non-native students from Health Science studies of Austria and Portugal.
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English Health literacy, Health studies, Biomedical Sciences