The Impact of Health Literacy on Women’s Health: Understanding the Connection and Its Importance
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7934079Keywords:
Health literacy, women's health, preventive care, chronic conditions, medication use, health outcomes, health information, health decisions, health educationAbstract
Health outcomes for people, especially for women, depend greatly on their level of health literacy. In order to make informed decisions about one's health, one must be able to receive, process, and comprehend fundamental health information and services. Women's health might suffer from low health literacy levels, which can lead to a lack of preventive treatment, improper drug use, and a higher frequency of chronic illnesses. In-depth discussion of the connection between health literacy and the health of women is provided in this article, along with suggestions for improvement.
This article seeks to inform readers on the value of health literacy and provide them the tools they need to take control of their health, with a focus on useful advice. The planned project attempts to look into how women's health is affected by health literacy. In particular, for women who face significant health issues, the problem statement emphasizes how low health literacy among women can result in unfavorable health outcomes and higher healthcare expenses.
Conducting a survey of 500 women to ascertain their level of health literacy and analyzing the results to ascertain the relationship between health literacy and women's comprehension of significant health issues, access to healthcare services, and capacity to make informed decisions about their own health are among the project's specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound objectives.
The conceptual framework/model for the project demonstrates that health literacy is a significant factor impacting women's health outcomes and that a variety of factors can affect an individual's degree of health literacy, resulting in focused interventions to raise health literacy levels among women. For healthcare professionals, politicians, and other stakeholders, the proposed research can offer useful insights on how to advance women's health and wellbeing, resulting in better health outcomes and a higher quality of life.
