Health literacy

the key to better health

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  • Tamara Štemberger Kolnik Primary Healthcare Centre Ilirska Bistrica, Gregorčičeva 8, 6250 Ilirska Bistrica and College of Nursing in Celje, Mariborska 7, 3000 Celje, Slovenia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8241-0550

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https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2020.54.3.3057

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public health, education, literacy, health literacy

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2020-09-21

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Štemberger Kolnik, T. (2020). Health literacy: the key to better health. Slovenian Nursing Review, 54(3), 196–203. https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2020.54.3.3057

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