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Health literacy in Portugal: results of the health literacy population survey project 2019–2021

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dc.contributor.authorArriaga, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorFrancisco, Rita
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Carlota
dc.contributor.authorCâmara, Gisele
dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Khristine
dc.contributor.authorDietscher, Christina
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Andreia
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-19T09:13:41Z
dc.date.available2022-04-19T09:13:41Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-01
dc.description.abstractHealth literacy entails the knowledge, motivation, and competencies to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information in order to make judgments and decisions in everyday life concerning health care, disease prevention, and health promotion to maintain or improve quality of life throughout the life course. It has become an essential concept in public health. It is considered a modifiable determinant of health decisions, health behaviors, health, and healthcare outcomes. Prior studies suggest highly variable levels of health literacy across European countries. Assessing and monitoring health literacy is critical to support interventions and policies to improve health literacy. This study aimed to describe the process of adaptation to Portugal of the short‐form version of the Health Literacy Survey (HLS19‐Q12) from the Health Literacy Population Survey Project 2019–2021, also establishing the health literacy levels in the Portuguese population. The sample comprised 1247 valid cases. The survey consisted of a brief questionnaire on the determinants of health literacy, plus the HLS19‐Q12 questionnaire and the specific health literacies packages on digital health literacy, navigational health literacy, and vaccination health literacy. The results suggest that 7 out of 10 people in Portugal (mainland) have high health literacy levels and support the results of other studies concerning the main socioeconomic determinants of general health literacy. Furthermore, the results suggest that “navigation in the health system” tasks are the most challenging tasks regarding specific health literacies. The overall data suggest the HLS19‐Q12 as a feasible measure to assess health literacy in the Portuguese population. Thus, it can be used in Portugal to assess the population’s needs and monitor and evaluate policies and initiatives to promote health literacy by addressing its societal, environmental, personal, and situational modifiable determinant factors.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph19074225pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85127432515
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.pmcPMC8998262
dc.identifier.pmid35409905
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/37322
dc.identifier.wos000780995200001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectHealth literacypt_PT
dc.subjectHealth literacy surveypt_PT
dc.subjectDigital health literacypt_PT
dc.subjectNavigational health literacypt_PT
dc.subjectVaccination health literacypt_PT
dc.subjectPsychometrypt_PT
dc.titleHealth literacy in Portugal: results of the health literacy population survey project 2019–2021pt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue7pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume19pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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