Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire.

Health literacy is a public health priority which refers to individual's knowledge, motivation and competence to access, understand, appraise and apply health information to prevent disease and promote health in daily life. This study aimed to adapt European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47) into Turkish and to investigate its psychometric properties. The questionnaire was translated into Turkish by using both group translation and expert opinion methods.

Turkey Handwashing Survey: suggestion for taking the ecological model into better consideration.

Objectives: This study is aimed to find out the handwashing habits and their relations to the socio-economic variables.

Methods: The sampling is determined regarding the address-based population registration system of the country. The multi-staged stratified cluster sampling method was used.

Fighting obesity campaign in Turkey: evaluation of media campaign efficacy.

Aim: This study aims to determine the frequency of behaviour change and related factors generated in the population through the "Fighting Obesity Campaign" of the Turkish Ministry of Health.

Methods: Twelve statistical regions from NUTS-1 and 18 provinces were selected for the study sample. At least one province from each region was randomly selected, and stratawere defined as urban or rural.