Health literacy in a population-based sample of adult men and women in a South Eastern European country | Zendy

Ervin Toçi | Zendy; Genc Burazeri | Zendy; Sokol Myftiu | Zendy; Kristine Sørensen | Zendy; Helmut Brand | Zendy

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Health literacy in a population-based sample of adult men and women in a South Eastern European country

Author(s) -

Ervin Toçi,

Genc Burazeri,

Sokol Myftiu,

Kristine Sørensen,

Helmut Brand

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv006

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , european union , marital status , demography , health literacy , population , literacy , public health , psychological intervention , geography , medicine , environmental health , gerontology , psychology , political science , health care , sociology , economic policy , pedagogy , nursing , psychiatry , law , business

Health literacy (HL) may be an important determinant of health, but this concept is largely under-researched in Albania, a transitional country in the Western Balkans which is currently undergoing major political and socioeconomic changes. We aimed to assess the sociodemographic distribution of HL in this transitional South Eastern European country aspiring to join the European Union.

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