The permanent goal of health promotion is to achieve full health care for all citizens, as a basic human right. Strategic monitoring of citizens' health implies constant promotion and education of the protection of people's health throughout their lives, in order to reduce the incidence of leading diseases and injuries and to ease the suffering of patients. Health equality and solidarity between all countries of the European Union and the world and their inhabitants is imperative, emphasizing the responsibility of each individual and the entire community for the continuous development of health. The aim of the paper is to show the connection between knowledge management and health literacy, as well as to point out the importance of population education in the segment of health literacy.

Keywords: health literacy; education; public health; health policy; health promotion.

JEL Classification: I10; I20.

Cite this chapter: Lugonjić, M. & Erjavec, K. (2024). The Relationship Between Medical Literacy and Knowledge Management. In: Knowledge Management in Economy, Technology and Education, N. Perić and O. Arsenijević, (Eds.). (pp. 187-215). Book Series Socio-Economics, Research, Innovation and Technologies (SERITHA). RITHA Publishing. https://doi.org/10.57017/SERITHA.2024.KM-ETE.ch8  

 Chapter’s history: Received 3rd of February, 2024; Revised 7th of April, 2024; Accepted for publication 29th of May, 2024; Published 30th of July, 2024. 

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