Assessing the health literacy level of students in higher education: evolution throughout the training

Objectives: This work has two objectives: contribute to evaluate the level of health literacy of students in higher education, in the area of health and to contribute to the formulation of strategies to adapt the content of training to the needs of students. Methods: In this longitudinal observational study, a health literacy assessment questionnaire (NVS) was applied to students from 3 Health Schools and 2 different courses (Nursing and Dental Hygiene), at the beginning of the first school year, and at the end of the third year. Results: Less than 5% of the students participating in this study had inadequate health literacy at the entrance to the course. Women had a better level of health literacy than men, although no statistical significance was found (p=0.153). The health literacy gains are different among the courses. Nursing students began with a higher level of health literacy but were overtaken by oral hygiene students at the end of the 3rd year. However, the level of health literacy did not differ statistically throughout the training, although an increase in the level of health literacy was observed. Conclusions: The relationship between health literacy and health is recognized. Higher education institutions need to formulate strategies to adapt the content of training to the needs of students and to the level of health literacy in order to train students for lifelong learning.

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The Factors Affecting the Sociolinguistic and Strategic Competencies in English among Teachers in Higher Education Teachers in Lipa City

JPAIR Multidisciplinary Research ◽

10.7719/jpair.v13i1.224 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Allan D. Tipan

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Code Switching ◽

General Sense ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

School Year ◽

Points Of View ◽

Effective Use ◽

Language Competencies ◽

The Relationship

The study attempted to describe the factors affecting the sociolinguistic andstrategic competencies in English among teachers in Higher Education Institutionsin Lipa City and determine the relationship between the demographic characteristicsand their assessments. The study was done during the school year 2010-2011. ThreeHigher Education Institutions in Lipa City were selected as the research locale. Totalenumeration was used as sampling for the study. Both quantitative and qualitativeresearch methods were employed. The respondents agreed that the factors of contextof acquisition, accommodating speech norms and code switching, degree of contactwith second language users and level of confidence affect their sociolinguisticcompetence. Likewise, they also agreed that the factors of questioning skills and useof non-verbal communication affect their strategic competencies. Variations in termsof the relationships of different demographic characteristics and their sociolinguisticand strategic competencies were also established. A general sense, the teachers’diverse characteristics generated different points of view on how the factors affecttheir competencies. This led to the conclusion that they are the ones responsible why the factors influence their competencies. They should be the ones responsible for affecting culture and not culture to affect their language competencies. It is of greatimportance that teachers should take the initiative to study and systematically use thecompetencies which they can work on. HEI administrators should offer professionaldevelopment seminars as these are necessary for the effective use of the teachers’competencies.Keywords: competency, sociolinguistic competence, strategic competency,context of acquisition, code switching, confidence questioning skills, non-verbalcommunication

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The Relationship Between Health Literacy Level and Self-Care Behaviors in Patients with Diabetes

Patient Related Outcome Measures ◽

10.2147/prom.s243678 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol Volume 11 ◽

pp. 129-135 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Davood RobatSarpooshi ◽

Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh ◽

Hadi Alizadeh Siuki ◽

Mohammad Haddadi ◽

Hamid Robatsarpooshi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Self Care ◽

Health Literacy Level ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

Literacy Level ◽

The Relationship

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Nursing Students’ Health Literacy Level and Health Practices: a Cross Sectional Study at a University in Namibia

10.21203/rs.3.rs-192225/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Takaedza Munangatire ◽

Nestor Tomas ◽

Violetha Mareka

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Good Health ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Poor Health ◽

Health Practices ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Health Literacy Level ◽

Literacy Level ◽

Literacy Scores

Abstract Background: Inadequate health literacy and poor health practices among nurses could be a hindrance to empowering the population with good health practices. For the nurses to empower the population, they need to be equipped with good health literacy and good health practices. The starting point of solving this problem is through provision of deliberate health literacy and health practice education in the nursing curriculum. This study explored health literacy level and health practices of nursing students in Namibia. Specifically the study examined the health literacy level, health practices and the relationship between the two among nursing students across four levels of study. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 205 nursing students. A simple random stratified sampling method was used and data were collected using questionnaire for health literacy (16 items) and health practices (11 items. Pearson correlation, independent t-test and One-way ANOVA were used to analyse the data. Results: The overall mean general health literacy score was 13.04± 1.52. The majority (n=157;76.5%) of the students were found to have adequate health literacy scores, 21.5% with moderate health literacy scores and only 2% with inadequate health literacy scores. The overall mean health practice score was 32.4± 5.50. Most (n=106; 51.7%) of the students were found to have poor health practices, 44.4% had average health practices and 3.9% had good health practices. There was no significant relationship between health literacy levels and health practices of the students (p=0.63).Conclusions: Nursing students have good health literacy but more efforts should be applied to maintain such health literacy levels during and beyond the point of graduation. However, with poor health practices, there is need to investigate more on the contributing factors and develop strategies that can support good health practices among nursing students and maybe these can be transferred into their professional careers as nurses.

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empleo de videotutoriales en la era post COVID19: valoración e influencia en la identidad docente del futuro profesional

Revista de Educación a Distancia (RED) ◽

10.6018/red.449321 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (65) ◽

Author(s):

Juan Pablo Hernández-Ramos ◽

Fernando Martínez-Abad ◽

José Carlos Sánchez-Prieto

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

School Year ◽

Enseñanza Superior ◽

Aprendizaje Virtual ◽

Video Tutorials ◽

The One ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

High Level ◽

Educational Potential ◽

The Relationship

Debido a la pandemia del COVID19, en el curso 2019-2020 en infinidad de países, se tuvo que suspender la actividad educativa presencial en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones, teniendo los docentes que planificar y desarrollar un nuevo proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje virtual. Ante esta circunstancia y a tenor de la incertidumbre actual, los recursos tecnológicos se convierten en un aliado para el profesorado, siendo necesaria la difusión de experiencias como la recogida en este estudio: el empleo de videotutoriales en la enseñanza superior. A partir de un diseño de investigación pre-experimental, tras aplicar un cuestionario electrónico a 240 estudiantes, se analiza la planificación e implementación de videotutoriales para la transmisión de los contenidos teóricos y prácticos en asignaturas de Metodología de Investigación. Las valoraciones realizadas muestran un nivel alto de aceptación del recurso, especialmente para: analizar y reflexionar sobre los contenidos; resolver problemas prácticos y organizar el estudio. Así mismo, queda reflejada la relación entre la percepción de utilidad del videotutorial y la intención de uso futuro. Se concluye el estudio destacando las potencialidades educativas del empleo de videotutoriales en la enseñanza superior a distancia. Due to the COVID19 pandemic, in the 2019-2020 school year in many countries, the classroom activity had to be suspended in any of its manifestations, having the teachers to plan and develop a new process of virtual teaching-learning. In view of this circumstance and in light of the current uncertainty, technological resources become an ally for teachers, making it necessary to disseminate experiences such as the one collected in this study: the use of video tutorials in higher education. From a pre-experimental research design, after applying an electronic questionnaire to 240 students, the planning and implementation of video tutorials for the transmission of theoretical and practical contents in Research Methodology subjects is analyzed. The assessments made show a high level of acceptance of the resource, especially for: analyzing and reflecting on the contents; solving practical problems and organizing the study. Likewise, the relationship between the perception of the usefulness of the video tutorial and the intention of future use is reflected. The study is concluded by highlighting the educational potential of the use of video tutorials in distance higher education

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Evaluating the Relationship between Nursing Students’ Awareness of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Health Behaviors with Health Literacy

Journal of Education and Research in Nursing ◽

10.5222/head.2020.01112 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sena Kaplan ◽

Sibel Peksoy Kaya

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Health Behaviors ◽

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Significance Test ◽

Lifestyle Behaviors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors ◽

The Relationship

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between nursing students’ awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic and health behaviors with health literacy. METHODS: This descriptive and cross-sectional study comprised 408 students enrolled in an undergraduate nursing program at a public university in Turkey. The data were collected online using the Individual Information Form, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II, and Turkish Health Literacy Scale-32. The percentiles, significance test of the difference between two means, and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The mean age of students was 20.89±1.95 and three of them had been diagnosed with COVID-19. It was determined that the students had sufficient health literacy (𝒙̅ =35.97±8.73), and healthy lifestyle behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic were at a moderate level (𝒙̅ =55.76±12.05). The results showed that as awareness of nursing students regarding COVID-19 and precautions against it increased, their mean score of health literacy increased, too (p<.05). Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between students’ mean score of healthy lifestyle behaviors in nutrition, physical activity, and stress management and their mean score of health literacy (p<.05). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: As the results have shown a relationship between nursing students’ awareness of COVID-19 and healthy lifestyle behaviors and health literacy, it is suggested to adapt the health literacy to students’ daily life during the pandemic period.

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The Relationship Between the Health Literacy Level of Pregnant Women and COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors

Sakarya Medical Journal ◽

10.31832/smj.897489 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mehmet DOĞAN ◽

Fatma ÖZDEMİR

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Attitudes And Behaviors ◽

Health Literacy Level ◽

Literacy Level ◽

And Behaviors ◽

The Relationship

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The relationship between the nomophobic levels of higher education students in Ghana and academic achievement

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0252880 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. e0252880

Author(s):

Harry Barton Essel ◽

Dimitrios Vlachopoulos ◽

Akosua Tachie-Menson

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Academic Achievement ◽

University Students ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Education Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Relationship ◽

One Way Anova

There is an upsurge in the use of mobile phones among higher education students in Ghana, which may result in the nomophobia prevalence with the students. Therefore, the need to assess the influence of nomophobia within the student population in Ghana. This descriptive cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of nomophobia and the sociodemographic variables, and the association with academic achievement of the understudied population. A self-reporting nomophobia questionnaire, composed of 20 dimensions, was answered by 670 university students to measure the nomophobia prevalence. Raw data were estimated using descriptive statistics, and one-way ANOVA and Independent T-test. While the findings showed diverse grades of nomophobia, statistical significance between academic achievement and the level of nomophobia was observed. This study concludes that there is a high nomophobia prevalence among university students in Ghana as the use of smartphones increases. However, follow-up studies should be conducted in Ghanaian universities to monitor nomophobia and its associates in order to reduce the adverse effects of habitual use of smartphones.

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