Gülay Y?lmazel|Fevziye Çetinkaya
Relation between Health Literacy Levels, Hypertension Awareness and Control among Primary-secondary School Teachers in Turkey
Hitit Üniversitesi|Erciyes University
strongobjectivestrong health literacy plays critical role chronic disease selfmanagement study aimed determine relation health literacy levels hypertension awareness control among primarysecondary school teachers turkey strongmaterials methodsstrong descriptive crosssectional research conducted among school teachers participation 500 volunteer teachers genders response rate 862 determine health literacy levels newest vital sign scale blood pressure concept test used strongresultsstrong mean scores individuals 212 182 six points although showed limited levels health literacy mean scores obtained scale 213 183 nonhypertensives 206 177 hypertensives nonetheless disease knowledge awareness low teachers adequate health literacy levels low according disease awareness control measured health literacy levels teachers didnt overlap assessments health literacy skills strongrecommendationsstrong limited health literacy levels educators gave impression education system poor terms health education programs