Recent Trends in Health Literacy Research, Health Status of the Population and Disease Prevention: An Editorial

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics with e-Health Lab, Medical University of Lublin, K. Jaczewskiego 5 Street, 20-059 Lublin, Poland.
² Department of Environmental Hazards Prevention, Allergology and Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a Street, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.

Editorial

Agnieszka Barańska et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 10;19(14):8436.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148436.

¹ Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics with e-Health Lab, Medical University of Lublin, K. Jaczewskiego 5 Street, 20-059 Lublin, Poland.
² Department of Environmental Hazards Prevention, Allergology and Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a Street, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.

Abstract

One challenge for the development of healthcare systems worldwide is to shape society's health literacy [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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