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improper use antibiotics one health care problems lead side effects antibiotic resistance without benefit study aimed evaluate association health literacy knowledge appropriate use antibiotics population sample tehran crosssectional descriptiveanalytic study adults aged 18 65 years health literacy measured health literacy iranian adults helia health literacy iranian adults questionnaire awareness proper antibiotic use evaluated checklist designed based literature review experts opinion domains knowledge attitude online google forms questionnaire paper questionnaire completed outpatients particular clinics tehrans north west center used collect data spss version 22 used analyze data 359 participants 596 women 668 university education level internet health care workers main sources health information mean score health literacy 714 100 674 respondents excellent sufficient health literacy mean antibiotic awareness score 105 13 score domain attitude higher knowledge significant relationship health literacy awareness proper antibiotic use p 0001 health literacy significantly higher women p 0001 people higher education levels p 0001 financial sufficiency p 00038 also significant relationship awareness proper antibiotic usage age p 0007 financial sufficiency p 0001 respondents online questionnaire users different terms health literacy educated aware antibiotics level health literacy awareness proper use antibiotics study good level health literacy closely related knowledge proper use antibiotics thus seems promoting health literacy may increase awareness proper antibiotic use