Functional health literacy of students of The Medical university – Sofia

Abstract

PURPOSE: The objective of this study is to examine the health literacy of medical students. METHODS: In October 2017 a cross-sectional study was conducted among a representative sample of second year medical students of the Medical University-Sofia. Health literacy of students was measured by an adapted version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (EU-HLS-Q). RESULTS: Students demonstrated a good self-reported ability to find health information. However, they reported difficulties in understanding and assessing different aspects of health information. CONCLUSIONS: Although medical students assess their ability to search and find health information as good and very good, they find it difficult to interpret the information.

Quality Assessment About Standards for Wellness Services and Certified Skills of Specialized Staff

“…The Wellness industry is the only sector in the Global Tourism, which showed average growth of 7-8% per year during the economic crisis (9). According to the recent research made by Pesheva, A. et al (2018): "Low individual health literacy, means that Bulgarians may not be able to effectively exercise their choice when making healthcare decisions" (10) or respectively Wellness destination travel. The drafting of a new educational instrument for certification requires the job to be placed in the socio-economic context in which it is a part.…”