New-Coronavirus Infection from A Health Literacy Perspective: A Case Report

Year 2021, , 26 - 28, 30.06.2021

Serdar Özdemir , Hatice Akça , İbrahim Altunok , Abdullah Algın , Kamil Kokulu

https://doi.org/10.52827/hititmedj.741444

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.

Keywords

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Health Literacy, Public Health

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.

Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Perspektifinden Yeni Koronavirus Enfeksiyonu: Olgu Sunumu

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.

Keywords

Halk Sağlığı, Sağlık Okuryazarlığı, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2

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