Alena Kajanová|Zuzana ?imná?ová
Health literacy of the poor
University of South Bohemia in ?eské Bud?jovice|University of South Bohemia in ?eské Bud?jovice
background article aimed pointing health literacy people living poverty line low levelavailable research shows lot indicators influencing health literacythey include age gender place residence education one important indicatorsmethods main aim research evaluate ascertain health literacy representative sample lowincome populationquantitative strategies used researchwe used short standardized form health literacy questionnairethe data collection took place course 2017 study included 300 respondents totalwe received 254 valid answers purpose selection snowball technique analyzed results using spss softwareresults results study show inadequate problematic health literacy 584 respondentswe compared sociodemographic indicators health literacy found actually statistically significant relation education health literacy health condition health literacyconclusion find health literacy strengthened group question population general health literacy inadequate either