Abstract
Health literacy is skills necessary for people to benefit from preventive health services in order to protect and improve their health. Poor health literacy levels are a public health problem worldwide. In this case report, we presented the patient who was considered as a high suspect COVID-19 infected and escaped from the hospital and we discussed it from the perspective of health literacy.
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Thanks
We would like to thank Serkan Emre Eroğlu, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Health of Sciences University Umraniye Training and Research Hospital for providing constant support in writing of the case report.
References
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Abstract
Sağlık okuryazarlığı, insanların sağlığını korumak ve iyileştirmek için koruyucu sağlık hizmetlerinden faydalanması için gerekli becerileri ifade eder. Kötü okuryazarlık düzeyleri dünya çapında bir halk sağlığı sorunudur. Bu olgu sunumunda yüksek şüpheli COVID-19 enfeksiyonu ile hastaneye yatırılanve hastaneden kaçan olguyu sağlık okuryazarlığı perspektifiyle tartıştık.
References
- 1- TC Sağlık Bakanlığı. Covıd-19-Sars-Cov-2 Enfeksiyonu Rehberi (Bilim Kurulu Çalışması) 14.4.2020. 2- WHO. Health Literacy. In: Kickbusch I, Pelikan LM, Apfel F, Tsouros AD, editors. World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, 2013. 3- Anderson RM, Heesterbeek H, Klinkenberg D, Hollingsworthd TD. How will country-based mitigation measures influence the course of the COVID-19 epidemic? Lancet. 2020;395(10228): 931–4. 4- Pleasant A. Advancing Health Literacy Measurement: A Pathway to Better Health and Health System Performance. J Health Commun. 2014; 19(12): 1481–49. 5- McNaughton C, Wallston KA, Rothman RL, Marcovitz DE, Storrow AB. Short, subjective measures of numeracy and general health literacy in an adult emergency department. Acad Emerg Med. 2011;18:1148–1155. 6- Durusu Tanrıöver M, Yıldırım HH, Demiray Ready FN, Çakır B, Akalın HE. Türkiye Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Araştırması. Sağlık ve Sosyal Hizmet Çalışanları Sendikası; Ankara, 2014 December. Available from: http://www.sagliksen.org.tr/cdn/uploads/gallery/pdf/8dcec50aa18c21cdaf86a2b33001a409.pdf 7- Ozdemir H, Alper Z, Uncu Y, Bilgel N. Health Literacy Among Adults: A Study from Turkey. Health Educ Res. 2010;25(3):464-77.
Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Clinical Sciences |
| Journal Section | Case Report |
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| Publication Date | June 30, 2021 |
| Submission Date | May 22, 2020 |
| Acceptance Date | March 12, 2021 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2021 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 |
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