Enrique Castro?Sánchez|Peter Chang|Rafael Vila?Candel|Ángel A. Escobedo|Alison Holmes
Health literacy and infectious diseases: why does it matter?
Imperial College London|Ministry of Health and Welfare|Taipei Hospital|Taipei Medical University|Hospital de La Ribera|Imperial College London
h3objectivesh3 multifactorial interventions crucial arrest threat posed infectious diseases public involvement requires adequate information determinants health literacy impact effective use knowledge influence health literacy infectious diseases examined paper h3methodsh3 databases searched january 1999 july 2015 seeking studies reporting health literacy infections tuberculosis malaria influenza infectionrelated behaviours vaccination hand hygiene hiv excluded comprehensive reviews already published h3resultsh3 studies found antibiotic knowledge use adoption influenza mmr immunizations screening sexually transmitted viral hepatitis infections lack investigations areas tuberculosis malaria hand hygiene diarrhoeal diseases h3conclusionsh3 limited insufficient health literacy associated reduced adoption protective behaviours immunization inadequate understanding antibiotics although relationship consistent large gaps remain relation infectious diseases high clinical societal impact tuberculosis malaria