Health literacy and its effect on chronic disease prevention: evidence from China’s data

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Authors

Lefan Liu · University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Tianfeng He · Ningbo Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

Our findings highlight the important role of health literacy in preventing comorbidities instead of preventing the first chronic condition. Moreover, family support could help improve health literacy and result in beneficial effects on health.

Topics & Keywords

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Mobile Health and mHealth Applications Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Public Health

Volume 20, Issue 1, pp. 690-690

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-08804-4

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