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The data were obtained by demographic and background characteristics and the health literacy assessment questionnaire (HELIA) as well as a valid and reliable questionnaire to measure the adoption of preventive behaviors against hypertension. The data were analyzed using SPSS ver 22. (IBM Coporation, Armonk, NY) and descriptive statistics and logistic regression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The mean and standard deviation of adoption of preventive behaviors against hypertension and health literacy were 15.188 \u00b1 1.215 and 61.07 \u00b1 18.206, respectively, and both were at an unfavorable level. Health literacy, the number of children, the amount of physical activity per week, and the history of having high blood pressure were effective factors in adopting preventive behaviors against high blood pressure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The adoption of preventive behaviors against hypertension was lower among villagers with lower health literacy, having more children, less physical activity per week, and those who had no history of hypertension. 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