fa سواد سلامت و خودمراقبتی ● International Health نامه به سردبیر Letter to Editor <span dir="RTL">خودمراقبتی فرآیندی است که در آن، بیمار از آگاهی ها و مهارت های خود برای انجام رفتارهای توصیه شده به وی بهره گیری می نماید. بنابراین بیماران نه تنها بایستی قادر باشند اطلاعات کافی در زمینه بیماری خود و چگونگی انجام مراقبت های لازم را کسب کنند؛ بلکه بایستی بتوانند از دانسته های خود در موقعیت</span> <span dir="RTL">ها و شرایط مختلف استفاده لازم را ببرند. در واقع بیماران برای خودمراقبتی و مدیریت بیماری خود، نیازمند دریافت اطلاعات صحیح و معتبر برای درک وضعیت خود و همچنین همکاری در برنامه های خودمراقبتی هستند.</span> Self-care is a process in which a patient uses his knowledge and skills to perform recommended behaviors. Therefore, patients should not only be able to obtain sufficient information about their illness and how to take care of them, they must also be able to use their knowledge in different situations and situations. In fact, patients for self-care and disease management, need to receive accurate and authoritative information to understand their condition as well as to collaborate on self-care programs [1]. Although doctors have historically been the most important source for health and medical information, but today, with the spread of media and the rapid dissemination of information through the internet, access to other resources is easy for the public. Therefore, patients&#39; skills to achieve, accurate understanding and apply this information will have a significant effect on their health and well-being. These skills have recently been highly regarded as &quot;health literacy&quot; (HL) [2]. HL is defined as the level of individual capacity for gaining, interpreting, understanding basic information and health services that is necessary for a proper decision-making, and is divided into three levels of functional, communication, and critical [3].<br> In a meta-analysis study that summarizes the results of 85 different studies, the percentage of inadequate and marginal HL in the United States is estimated to be 25% and 20%, respectively.<br> &nbsp; سواد سلامت , خودمراقبتی HL are better at self-care 392 393 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1395-11&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Rahman Panahi رحمن پناهی peimanpanahi63@yahoo.com 100319475328460015090 100319475328460015090 Yes Department of Health Education & Promotion, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat modares University, Tehran, Iran Seyede Somayeh Kazemi سیده سمیه کاظمی Somayeh.kazemi7@gmail.com 100319475328460015091 100319475328460015091 No Department of Health Education & Promotion, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat modares University, Tehran, Iran Afsane Karami Juyani افسانه کرمی جویانی Afsaneh.k1720@gmail.com 100319475328460015092 100319475328460015092 No Department of Health Education & Promotion, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat modares University, Tehran, Iran Malihe Pishvaei ملیحه پیشوایی masterpiece704@gmail.com 100319475328460015093 100319475328460015093 No Department of Family Social Health, Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center. Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad