An investigation on status of health literacy and its influencing factors among residents in Qiandao Lake town

VernacularTitle:千岛湖镇居民健康素养及影响因素调查
Author: Yu LOU ¹ ; Jing-Hua FANG ; Jing-Nan PAN ; Bo-Wen DONG ; Yi-Jie SHAO ; Lin CHEN ; Dong-Ming ZHANG ; Yong HUANG ; Xiu-Yang LI ; Chao CHEN ; Xiao-Ling ZHANG
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1. 浙江大学医学院
Keywords: Health literacy; Influencing factors; Logistic regression model
From: Journal of Preventive Medicine 2014;(8):783-786
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To understand the status of health literacy of residents in Qiandao Lake town in order to complete the surveillance system.Methods A total of 484 residents aged 15 to 69 years old from 9 communities were selected using cluster random sampling method.Then the household interview was conducted.Results The overall level of health literacy of residents was 26.03%.As for the 4 health literacy related aspects including basic health knowledge,health lifestyle and behaviors,health related skill and health beliefs,the rates were 32.54% ,4.77% ,60.30% and 92.62%,respectively. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the level of health literacy of residents was related to age and education.Conclusion The health education in Qiandao Lake town has got some achievements.