Results: The total volume of analyzed scientific articles is 55, of which 28
were selected for writing this literature review. The contribution of health literacy in
mediating the causes and consequences of identified social determinants of health
can be optimised, according to foreign researchers (2021). Existing interventions
demonstrate the feasibility of improving health literacy among high-risk groups, but
research remains underdeveloped and the impact on health inequalities is largely
unexplored. Future research on health literacy interventions should focus firstly on
improving the quality of health information that is achieved in diverse populations,
especially by improving advanced skills and support; secondly, enabling people to
develop transferable skills to access, understand, analyse and apply health
information; and thirdly, ensuring that priority is proportional to need, by reaching
and engaging populations.
Conclusions: Foreign studies have demonstrated in their articles the link between low
functional health literacy and poor health-related outcomes based on the evidence
base: increased hospital admissions and re-hospitalisations, lower participation in
preventive measures, poor self-management of chronic conditions, adverse disease
outcomes, low functional status and unstable mortality rates;
Scholars have established and are recommending the strengthening of
personal health literacy among the population (regardless of geographic residence)
as "the extent to which people can find, understand and use information and services
to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others".
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