The Relationship Between Health Literacy Level and Media Used as a Source of Health-Related Information

Nowadays, the health level of residents has become the focus of people’s attention. Under the background of the development of health service from “disease-centered” to “health-centered,” it is very important to improve the level of urban health and clarify the factors affecting urban health. Therefore, this paper quantifies the relationship between residents’ health literacy level and environment, average life expectancy, infectious disease mortality, and other indicators by selecting appropriate indicators and establishing a mathematical model. Based on the reciprocal linear combination of the collected index data and the corresponding health level value, the prediction model of social health literacy level (SPM) was established, and the qualitative prediction and quantitative analysis of citizens’ health literacy level were studied in depth. Based on the SPM model, we can roughly predict the level of health literacy in a region only based on the main variables identified in this paper. The consistency of the experiment shows that the model is effective and robust, and it reveals that environmental factors are the most important factors affecting residents’ health literacy level. The actual data show that THE SPM model is a timely and reasonable framework to measure the health literacy level of residents.

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INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH LITERACY LEVEL AND DEATH ANXIETY IN THE ELDERLY IN KERMAN PROVINCE IN 2019

Journal of Critical Reviews ◽

10.31838/jcr.07.10.33 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (10) ◽

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Death Anxiety ◽

The Elderly ◽

Health Literacy Level ◽

Literacy Level ◽

The Relationship

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Using an Intervention Adapted to the Health Literacy Level to Improve Adherence to Medical Recommendations

Case Medical Research ◽

10.31525/ct1-nct03951467 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Health Literacy Level ◽

Literacy Level ◽

Medical Recommendations

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Assessing the health literacy level of parents in School children Ilam in 2015

Journal of Nursing Education ◽

10.21859/jne-05068 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. 53-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mosayeb Mozafari ◽

Milad Borji

Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

School Children ◽

Health Literacy Level ◽

Literacy Level

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Malaysian Health Literacy: Scorecard Performance from a National Survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18115813 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 5813

Author(s):

Norrafizah Jaafar ◽

Komathi Perialathan ◽

Manimaran Krishnan ◽

Nurashma Juatan ◽

Masitah Ahmad ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Nationwide Survey ◽

Population Based ◽

Average Score ◽

Future Health ◽

Limited Health Literacy ◽

Health Literacy Level ◽

Prevention And Health Promotion ◽

Literacy Level ◽

Limited Health

Health literacy is an indicator of a society’s ability to make better health judgements for themselves and the people around them. This study investigated the prevalence of health literacy among Malaysian adults and provided an overall picture of the society’s current health literacy status, which has not been previously assessed. The study also highlighted socio-demographic markers of communities with limited health literacy that may warrant future intervention. A population-based self-administered survey using the Health Literacy Survey Malaysian Questionnaire18 (HLS-M-Q18) instrument was conducted as part of the National Health Morbidity Survey 2019 in Malaysia. The nationwide survey utilized a two-staged stratified random sampling method. A sample of 9478 individuals aged 18 and above, drawn from the living quarter list, participated in the study. The health literacy score was divided into three levels; limited, sufficient, and excellent. Findings showed a majority of the Malaysian population had a sufficient health literacy level in all three domains—healthcare, diseases prevention and health promotion (49.1%, 44.2%, and 47.5%, respectively)—albeit leaning towards the lower end of the category with an average score of 35.5. The limited health literacy groups were prevalent among respondents with older age (68%), lower education level (64.8%), and lower household income (49.5%). The overall health literacy status for Malaysia was categorized at a lower sufficiency level. Future health literacy improvements should focus on communities with a limited health literacy level to improve the overall score.

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Using the Brief Health Literacy Screen in Chronic Care in French Hospital Settings: Content Validity of Patient and Healthcare Professional Reports

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18010096 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 96

Author(s):

Adèle Perrin ◽

Luiza Siqueira do Prado ◽

Amélie Duché ◽

Anne-Marie Schott ◽

Alexandra L. Dima ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Literacy ◽

Content Validity ◽

Chronic Care ◽

Routine Care ◽

Related Information ◽

Concept Of Health ◽

Patient Reported ◽

Centered Care ◽

Health Related ◽

French Hospital

Person-centered care has led healthcare professionals (HCPs) to be more attentive to patients’ ability to understand and apply health-related information, especially those with chronic conditions. The concept of health literacy (HL) is essential in understanding patients’ needs in routine care, but its measurement is still controversial, and few tools are validated in French. We therefore considered the brief health literacy screen (BHLS) for assessing patient-reported HL in chronic care settings, and also developed an HCP-reported version of the BHLS with the aim of using it as a research instrument to assess HCPs’ evaluation of patients’ HL levels. We assessed the content validity of the French translation of both the patient-reported and HCP-reported BHLS in chronic care within hospital settings, through cognitive interviews with patients and HCPs. We performed qualitative analysis on interview data using the survey response Tourangeau model. Our results show that the BHLS is easy and quick to administer, but some terms need to be adapted to the French chronic care settings. Health-related information was observed to be mainly communicated orally, hence a useful direction for future literacy measures would be to also address verbal HL.

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