How health literacy associates with healthcare utilization and health promotion behaviours in Turkey?: Contributions to discussions concerning the Anderson model and ecological models.

Improving HL can help reduce health admissions. The relationship of HCU with gender, age, education, perceived health, and income group supports the Anderson model. Limited HL groups should be prioritised as risk groups in health promotion programs. The association of HL and socio-economic variables with HPB supports the ecological model.