ArticleHealth science reports2024
The relationship between health literacy and health-seeking behavior amongst university students in Ghana: A cross-sectional study.
Article in Health science reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Health Misinformation in Ethiopia: Myths, Media Dynamics, Public Response, and Policy Implications: A Narrative Review.Public health challenges · 2026Review
- Assessing the barriers to maternal, newborn and child health service utilization in internally displaced people (IDPs): a community-based cross-sectional study in Banadir, Somalia.Conflict and health · 2026Article
- What influences the perceived access to healthcare services? An investigation using Structural Equation Modeling.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Tuberculosis: An Ongoing Global Threat.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Health literacy, health-seeking behavior, and wellbeing among university students: insights into determinants of young adults' health.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The relationship between oral and dental health literacy and health-seeking behaviors: a multicenter community-based study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The relationship between health literacy and health-seeking behavior amongst university students in Ghana: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Understanding system-level barriers to pediatric neuro-oncology in Ghana: Qualitative insights from frontline healthcare professionals.Neuro-oncology advancesArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background and Aims: The crises of the last decades have provided more evidence of the need for health literacy as a measure of resilience and preparedness. In this study the relationship between health literacy and health-seeking behavior was investigated. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design with a questionnaire of five sections dedicated to health-seeking behavior, health literacy, family background, socioeconomic status and demographics. Health-seeking behavior was used in three dimensions namely preference for hospitals, self-medication, and herbal medicine. The questionnaire was completed by 262 students at the University of Ghana. Results: A significant linear regression model ( Conclusion: Findings support the crucial role of health literacy in timely hospital visits by patients. This implies the need to improve health literacy through education, policy, and research. This can promote prevention of diseases through timely health-seeking and improve preparedness against health crises. The study suggests health literacy should be integrated into educational curricula and regular health campaigns run by public health agencies.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.