In a part of this video, Dr. Shakibazadeh says: People who have limited health literacy apply less prevention, get sick more, and as a result, they are hospitalized more often, and also because they are usually amongst the older population, they need more check-ups and doctors appointments. A study in the United States found that, low health literacy can cost the government two hundred and thirty-eight billion dollars a year because a person with low health literacy usually seeks medical care at a later stage of their illness, and as a result, they would require ambulatory services and must go through Emergency services and then might get hospitalized in intensive care units and receive specialized services – all of which are extremely expensive. This is the damage that people with low health literacy do to the health system…

This project is being held with the cooperation of the Student and Cultural Vice-Chancellor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Health Equity Research Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and Public Relations of Tehran University of Medical Sciences