Health literacy in a population-based sample of adult men and women in a South Eastern European country

Recent research has identified spirituality as an important contributor to vaccine scepticism and low faith in science, particularly in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic) nations. In the present study, we further tested the generalizability of these findings in a religious South-Eastern European country – Greece, with more extensive measures of key constructs. We replicate previous work using measures of improved construct validity. Spirituality was found to be the strongest predictor of vaccine scepticism and low faith in science. In addition, low science literacy was also predictive of vaccine rejection. Climate change scepticism was not associated with spirituality but with political conservatism, which corroborates previous findings. These results provide further evidence for two previously made observations: science scepticism is heterogeneous, and spirituality is an important factor in shaping science rejection.

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THE SCENARIO OF A MORTGAGE CRISIS IN AN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY

10.15396/eres2008_153 ◽

2008 ◽

Keyword(s):

European Country ◽

Eastern European Country ◽

Eastern European ◽

Mortgage Crisis

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Evaluation of multiple measures of antiretroviral adherence in the Eastern European country of Georgia

Journal of the International AIDS Society ◽

10.7448/ias.17.1.18885 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 18885 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Nikoloz Chkhartishvili ◽

Nino Rukhadze ◽

Mariam Svanidze ◽

Lali Sharvadze ◽

Jack A Dehovitz ◽

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Keyword(s):

European Country ◽

Eastern European Country ◽

Eastern European ◽

Antiretroviral Adherence ◽

Multiple Measures ◽

Country Of Georgia

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Learning to assist smokers through encounters with standardized patients: An innovative training for physicians in an Eastern European country

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0222813 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (9) ◽

pp. e0222813

Author(s):

Narine K. Movsisyan ◽

Varduhi Petrosyan ◽

Gohar Abelyan ◽

Ondrej Sochor ◽

Satenik Baghdasaryan ◽

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Keyword(s):

European Country ◽

Eastern European Country ◽

Standardized Patients ◽

Eastern European

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Estimating HIV incidence in eastern European country of Georgia: 2010–2012

International Journal of STD & AIDS ◽

10.1177/0956462414525939 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 (13) ◽

pp. 913-920 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Tengiz Tsertsvadze ◽

Nikoloz Chkhartishvili ◽

Natia Dvali ◽

Marine Karchava ◽

Otar Chokoshvili ◽

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Keyword(s):

European Country ◽

Hiv Transmission ◽

Eastern European Country ◽

Eastern European ◽

Hiv Incidence ◽

Recent Infection ◽

Undiagnosed Hiv ◽

Country Of Georgia ◽

Testing Algorithm ◽

New Diagnosis

The knowledge of HIV incidence is essential to better understand patterns of HIV transmission. We estimated HIV incidence over 2010–2012 in the eastern European country of Georgia. Mathematical modeling using Spectrum software and assay-based recent infection testing algorithm were applied. The study included 1155 HIV patients newly diagnosed in 2010–2012 (84% of total diagnoses). Of them, 231 were determined to be recently infected on the recent infection testing algorithm. The proportion of recent cases did not differ between 2010, 2011 and 2012 (20.4% vs. 19.4% vs. 20.2%, p = 0.94). Both study methods derived comparable estimates ranging from 0.2 to 0.3%, which is up to twice as high as rates of new diagnosis reported in the same period. Despite the relatively stable HIV incidence over 2010–2012, the epidemic continues to grow because of the increasing gap between HIV-infected and diagnosed persons. Increased efforts are needed to reduce the number of people with undiagnosed HIV.

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Are Adult Women or Men Who Use the Internet as a Health Information Resource More Health Literate?

Advances in Medical Education, Research, and Ethics - Handbook of Research on Advancing Health Education through Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9494-1.ch006 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 114-138

Author(s):

Filiz Yildirim ◽

Metin Çakir

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Health Information ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Information Resource ◽

The Internet ◽

Adult Women ◽

Health Information Seeking ◽

Men And Women ◽

Adult Men ◽

Literacy Scores

The purpose of this study was to compare health literacy of adult men and women who use the internet for health purposes. It was conducted on 229 adults, who live in Bursa, Turkey, aged 30-69. As data collecting tool, personal along with health information (seeking) forms and 14-item health literacy scale were used. The results showed that although statistically not significant, men used the internet for health purposes more when compared with women. However, it was also calculated that health literacy scores of women who used the internet as a health information resource were higher than those of men in the same category. It can be inferred in this study that women are more health literate compared to men.

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