Spas as health literate organizations with a focus on educational valueKokot, Katja (Avtor) Turnšek, Maja (Mentor) Miller, James William (Komentor) thermal spashealth tourismhealth literacyhealthy habitswellnessThis master thesis is focused on health literacy in health tourism settings. Health literacy is a concept connected to an individual’s responsibility to understand and act on health information in modern environments. Our assumption is that health tourism is one of the main stakeholders in processes of increasing health literacy levels in the population. For that reason, we questioned what level of health literacy the guests report and whether they recount any cases of improved health literacy during and after their visit. The main goal of the research was discovering whether Slovene health spas are organizations that promote health literacy and what steps they must take for future improvements. For the empirical research we conducted semi-structured interviews with previous guests of Slovene spas that have undertaken stationary rehabilitation due to various health concerns. The analysis method was qualitative content analysis by Philipp Mayring. The transcripts were coded with ATLAS.ti 8 software. The results indicate that guests gain useful information about how they should behave after rehabilitation in everyday life. This information is directly linked to increasing the health literacy of the patient as it is essential for successful rehabilitation and future behavior. The most common process in increasing health literacy levels are the lectures organized for the patients. The topics covered are a healthy diet, suitable exercise and sports, and common medical procedures. With these processes health resorts directly target the health literacy level of their patients.[K. Kokot]20202020-11-04 22:11:13Magistrsko delo/naloga78149UDK: 338.48-6:615.8(497.4):37.011.22(043.2)COBISS_ID: 69775107NUK URN: URN:SI:UM:DK:SU6MXPNUsl