Fig. 4

Levels of health literacy in three domains (healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion) in Latvia and Lithuania. A Health literacy level in health care. B Health literacy level in disease prevention. C Health literacy level in health promotion. The figures show the distribution of the health literacy levels in three domains in Latvia and Lithuania using the 47-item European Health Literacy Questionnaire. From the 47 items 16 items assess the individuals’ ability to access, understand, apply, and appraise information relevant to health in health care, 15 items are related to disease prevention, while 16 items assess the health literacy of individuals in the domain of health promotion. The health literacy levels in each domain are calculated following the index calculation methodology developed by the HLS-EU Consortium [3]