Navigational health literacy and health service use among higher education students in Alentejo, Portugal - A cross-sectional study

Jorge Rosário; Sara Simões Dias; Sónia Dias; Ana Rita Pedro

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0322181

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Navigational health literacy and health service use among higher education students in Alentejo, Portugal - A cross-sectional study

Jorge Rosário ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge Rosário, Sara Simões Dias, Sónia Dias, Ana Rita Pedro

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Jorge.olhoazul@ipbeja.pt

Affiliations Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Beja, Portugal, Institute for Research and Advanced Training, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal, Comprehensive Health Research Centre, CHRC, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9178-3773

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Sara Simões Dias ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge Rosário, Sara Simões Dias, Sónia Dias, Ana Rita Pedro

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Comprehensive Health Research Centre, CHRC, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal, citechcare - Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal, School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, Campus 2 - Morro do Lena, Alto do Vieiro, Leiria, Portugal
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Sónia Dias ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge Rosário, Sara Simões Dias, Sónia Dias, Ana Rita Pedro

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, REAL, CCAL, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Ana Rita Pedro

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge Rosário, Sara Simões Dias, Sónia Dias, Ana Rita Pedro

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, REAL, CCAL, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Navigational health literacy and health service use among higher education students in Alentejo, Portugal - A cross-sectional study

Jorge Rosário,
Sara Simões Dias,
Sónia Dias,
Ana Rita Pedro

Published: May 15, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322181

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