Guidance for promoting health literacy in health region 3
Keywords:
Health promotion, Health literacy, Health behaviorAbstract
Health Literacy is the important priority of the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO has recommendation on the assessment of health literacy level of people in each countries in order to be use for the basis data of specific area for planning of promoting health literacy in consonant with all dimensions of health literacy to improve health behavior of people. This article aims to focus on recommendation about promoting health literacy in health region 3, including the definition of health literacy, levels of health literacy, the assessment tools of health literacy, the situation of health literacy in Thailand and health region 3 and guidance for promoting health literacy of people in health region 3 to enhance their health literacy in the future.
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