Literacy is one of the factors influencing the education of not only the sick but also the healthy people in relation to health promotion and protection. Literacy in its original meaning means an elementary ability of an individual to read and write in the early years of elementary school. In recent years, the concept of literacy has been used to express different competences, and many types of literacy are related to this, the article being focused on. Particular attention is paid to health literacy.

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