@article{2017,title={DO TURKISH CITIZENS KNOW THEIR BODIES? A SURVEY ABOUT BASIC HEALTH KNOWLEDGE IN KARABÜK},abstractNode={This study focuses on examining elemental health knowledge level of Turkish citizens in Karabük. It can be said that environmental conditions, new life styles, industrialization and political problems play role in the development of health issues and problems. The understandability, practicality and sorting the reliable information out is mostly related to the level of health knowledge and health literacy. Therefore, health literacy is a necessity for every segment of the society because the level of health literacy and patients’ ability for explaining their health problems to the health care providers, hence going through a convenient treatment process, are bound to each other. The research was grounded on two questions related to elementary health knowledge: What are the five sense organs? Where are stomach and kidneys in our body? Within this context, a quantitative analysis was conducted by street interviews with Karabük citizens in random sampling.},author={Sırma Oya TEKVAR},year={2017},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}