Vol 73, No 1 (2023)
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The role of health literacy and health education in the prevention and course of neoplastic diseases

Dominik Olejniczak1, Agata Olearczyk1
DOI: 10.5603/NJO.a2022.0066
Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology 2023;73(1):39-44.

Abstract

The idea of health literacy is a relatively new term in contemporary health promotion, especially in Poland, where it has only recently started to be used. It was created as a result of the need to name a certain set of conditions and compe­tences that could realistically determine the health of individuals and populations. This applies to both healthy people, including those at high risk of disease (the use of health literacy in prevention), as well as sick people (the use of health literacy in the course of a disease), including people suffering from oncological diseases.

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