Health Literacy and Breast Cancer Communication

Breast cancer prevention and control efforts serve as priorities in Iran, as breast cancer is the common leading cause of death among women in this country. It seems the effective communication can play important role in increasing the breast cancer screening. On the other hand, health literacy is increasingly recognized as a critical factor affecting communication across the continuum of breast cancer screening behavior. A goal outlined in Healthy People 2020 calls for improving health literacy by the use of health communication [1, 2]. Health literacy is the capacity to obtain, process, and understand breast cancer information and services needed to make appropriate health care decisions [3].