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			<title>Journal of Health Literacy</title>
			<title_fa>فصلنامه سواد سلامت</title_fa>
			<short_title>J Health Lit</short_title>
			<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
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				<type>gregorian</type>
				<year>2025</year>
				<month>4</month>
				<day>1</day>
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			<volume>10</volume>
			<number>2</number>
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				<title>Relationship of Health Status and Healthy Behaviors with Health Literacy among Elderly in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal in 2023</title>
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				<content_type_fa>مقاله پژوهشی</content_type_fa>
				<content_type>Original Article</content_type>
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				<abstract><![CDATA[Background and Objectives: The ability to understand and apply health-related information is known as health literacy. The elderly are more sensitive to the unfavorable health consequences caused by low health literacy. The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between older health literacy and healthy behaviors and health status. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 239 community dwelling elderly in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal. Multistage sampling procedure was applied. The questionnaire included Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ), self-reported health status and healthy behavior related questions. General linear model was used to examine the associations. Results: The proportion of people with low literacy level across each of the domains was: (i) feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers (85.4%), (ii) having sufficient information to manage own health (94.6%), (iii) social support for health (74.1%), (iv) ability to find good health information (68.6%), and (v) understand health information well enough to know what to do (78.2%), respectively whereas overall health literacy was 74.9%. Having average health status (AOR: 0.44; 95% CI: 0.17–0.92), Prostate-specific antigen PSA test in last 2 years (AOR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.21–0.99), OPD visit in last 3 months (AOR: 1.95; 95% CI: 1.23–3.88), medication compliance (AOR: 0.23; 95% CI: 0.17–0.43), past smoking (AOR: 1.94; 95% CI: 1.80–4.11) and performing physical activity (AOR: 0.36; 95% CI: 0.20–0.68) were found to be associated with health literacy.Conclusion: Implementing interventions for health literacy is essential to empower elderly individuals with the knowledge and skills needed for informed decision-making about their health. ]]></abstract>
				<keyword_fa></keyword_fa>
				<keyword>Elderly, Health status, Health Literacy, Healthy Behavior</keyword>
				<start_page>42</start_page>
				<end_page>56</end_page>
				<web_url>https://literacy.mums.ac.ir/article_25353.html</web_url>
			<author_list><author>
				<first_name>Rima</first_name>
				<middle_name></middle_name>
				<last_name>Mishra</last_name>
				<suffix></suffix>
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				<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
				<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
				<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
				<email>mishrarima789@gmail.com</email>
				<code>111249</code>
				<coreauthor>Yes</coreauthor>
				<affiliation>School of Health and Allied Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pokhara University, Nepal.</affiliation>
				<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
				 </author><author>
				<first_name>Ganesh</first_name>
				<middle_name></middle_name>
				<last_name>Bhandari</last_name>
				<suffix></suffix>
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				<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
				<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
				<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
				<email>bh.ganesaan@gmail.com</email>
				<code>111251</code>
				<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
				<affiliation>School of Health and Allied Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pokhara University, Nepal.</affiliation>
				<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
				 </author><author>
				<first_name>Dipendra</first_name>
				<middle_name>Kumar</middle_name>
				<last_name>Yadav</last_name>
				<suffix></suffix>
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				<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
				<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
				<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
				<email>dipendrayadavph@gmail.com</email>
				<code>111250</code>
				<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
				<affiliation>School of Health and Allied Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pokhara University, Nepal.</affiliation>
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