Charlotte Silén, Katri Manninen, Angelica Fredholm
Designing for student autonomy combining theory and clinical practice - a qualitative study with a faculty perspective
BMC medical education
health literacy associated many patient outcomes study sought determine association persons level health literacy knowledge chagas disease crosssectional survey conducted people living two counties rural loja province ecuador attended mobile health clinic communities study conducted high risk chagas disease limited access health care educational resources spanish version short assessment health literacy measured health literacy chagas disease knowledge questionnaire measured knowledge chagas disease ttests correlational analysis used assess associations overall 85 people participated study majority respondents female 641 plurality married 407 education less secondary 407 average age sample 4431 1885 health literacy levels chagas disease knowledge communities low half people inadequate health literacy association health literacy chagas knowledge found health literacy levels chagas disease knowledge found correlated explanations lack association may include common causes inadequate investment chagas disease education well neglect health systems rural ecuador efforts improve health literacy chagas disease knowledge poorer rural areas ecuador needed first study assess relationships health literacy knowledge chagas disease uninfected population novel conditions relationships health literacy disease knowledge investigated communication campaigns adapted