Relationship of Functional Health Literacy to Patients' Knowledge of Their Chronic Disease

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Abstract

Inadequate functional health literacy poses a major barrier to educating patients with chronic diseases, and current efforts to overcome this appear unsuccessful.

Topics & Keywords

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Diabetes Management and Education Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Internal Medicine

Volume 158, Issue 2, pp. 166-166

DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.2.166

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