Elin A Karlsson, Mattias Hellgren, Jan L Sandqvist, Ida Seing, Christian Ståhl
Social Insurance Literacy Among the Sick-listed-A Study of Clients' Comprehension and Self-Rated System Comprehensibility of the Sickness Insurance System
Journal of occupational rehabilitation
considering health literacy status service seekers crucial developing programs policies improve service delivery primary health care settings aim assess health literacy among adults seeking noncommunicable disease ncdrelated services primary health care centers phc bangladesh identify contributing factors preventive effect risky behaviors crosssectional study 2793 ncd service seekers interviewed facetoface eight rural three urban phcs selected multistage random sampling method used european health literacy survey questionnaire collect data health literacy applied logistic regression analysis identify contributing factors related adequate health literacy odds ratios used calculate preventive fraction health literacy ncd risk behaviors limited health literacy found among 43 respondents adequate health literacy associated younger age male sex formal education living extended family hailing high socioeconomic group attending urban phc adjusting sociodemographic factors prevalence smoking smokeless tobacco usage inadequate fruits vegetables consumption among participants found 25 51 18 lower people sufficient health literacy ncd service seekers high rate inadequate health literacy adequate health literacy potential lower behavioral risk factors ncds hlrp health literacy research practice 202481e12e20