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Chapter 1
HL is defined as the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain health [12]. Paasche-Orlow and Wolf created a conceptual model which describes the causal pathway between inadequate health literacy and health outcomes (see Figure 1.1) [13].
Figure 1.1 Conceptual model of causal pathways between limited health literacy and health outcomes [13]
According to the conceptual model of Paasche-Orlow and Wolf, inadequate health literacy causing problems within provider-patient interaction is one of the pathways through which health outcomes
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