Health literacy and strategies of behavioral change for the COVID - 19 confrontation

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health literacy, behavioral change, COVID -19.

Abstract

The environmental, social and systemic interventions are not enough to reduce the transmission of coronavirus, but it is important to act on the individuals behavior, a factor that favors the transmission. The use of effective mechanisms of information, education and communication is necessary, based on health literacy in a critical way and with basic principles of behavior changes. These approaches, not usually implemented, go beyond the simple information and health education, because they should be carried out not only by health professionals but also by all the influential people in the population. The functioning of the behavior change principles and their implementation in the COVID - 19 confrontation stage are explained and some digital links on how to proceed in health literacy are shown.  

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2021-05-31

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Bonal Ruiz R, Leyva Caballero R, Rodríguez Espinosa AH. Health literacy and strategies of behavioral change for the COVID - 19 confrontation. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2021 May 31 [cited 2025 Jun. 2];25(3):797-811. Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/3590

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Vol. 25 No. 3 (2021): MAYO-JUNIO

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Special Report

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