Professional paper

Significance of health literacy in the advancement of public health programs - best practice example from the Primorje - Gorski Kotar County

Svjetlana Gašparović Babić orcid.org/0000-0002-4815-862X ; Teaching Institute for Public Health of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Helena Glibotić Kresina ; Teaching Institute for Public Health of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Silvia Mohorić ; Teaching Institute for Public Health of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Sandro Kresina orcid.org/0009-0008-0116-9445 ; Teaching Institute for Public Health of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Nevenka Vlah ; Teaching Institute for Public Health of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Iva Sorta-Bilajac Turina orcid.org/0000-0003-1909-2518 ; Teaching Institute for Public Health of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County

Abstract

The Program has yielded oral health improvements in children. Greater health literacy of the target
population and Program stakeholders has been achieved. Better communication within the health system
and a shift from curative to preventive medicine has also been achieved, and additional financial
expenditures have been avoided. Health literacy improvement has also been obtained through an early
first contact of children with their dentists, ensuring that trauma and negative attitudes towards dentists
are avoided.

Keywords

Health Literacy; Oral Health; Public Health

Hrčak ID:

318244

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/318244

Publication date:

30.6.2024.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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