Health literacy level and influencing factors in university students

Uysal, Neşe; Ceylan, Erdal; Koç, Ayşegül

doi:10.1111/hsc.12883

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“…Interestingly, Sukys et al concluded that the number of health‐related subjects is positively related to students' health promotion domain‐based competencies. However, most previous studies were conducted in patients with diverse diseases or general university students but no previous studies have explored this relationship in a specific cohort of health science students (Uysal, Ceylan, & Koç, 2019; Vozikis, Drivas, & Milioris, 2014).…”

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Assessing health science students' health literacy and its association with health behaviours

Rueda‐Medina

Gómez‐Urquiza

Tapia-Haro

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Health Soc Care Community

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Health literacy is an aspect of growing importance since it has been recognized as an important determinant for health status (Sun et al., 2013). Health literacy represents 'the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health' (Smith, Tang, & Nutbeam, 2006). According to the European Health Literacy Project (HLS-EU) it is the achievement of 'knowledge, motivation and competences to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information in order to make judgments and take decisions in everyday life concerning healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion to maintain or improve quality of life during the life course'(Sørensen et al., 2015). The comparative report on health literacy in eight European member states showed that 10.3% of participants had inadequate health literacy (Pelikan, 2012). The European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47) was designed to measure health literacy. It is based on a conceptual framework including four information-processing dimensions (accessing, understanding, appraising and applying) within three health domains (healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion; Sørensen et al., 2012, 2013). Although there is growing interest regarding the status of health literacy in the general population, the level of health literacy measured by the HLS-EU-Q47 among health sciences students (students enrolled in health science programs including nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy degrees) have not been previously examined. It is especially relevant that these students, as future health professionals, have a good level of health literacy as they will educate patients, families and communities about healthcare topics. Health literacy might represent a determinant of health be

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Assessing health science students' health literacy and its association with health behaviours

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“…Acknowledging the lack of empirical supports among society, many scientists conducted several researches related to health literacy among students. Some of them addressed medical students (Kaper et al, 2020;Štefková, Čepová, Kolarčik, & Madarasová Gecková, 2018), nursing student (Ayaz-Alkaya & Terzi, 2019;Balmer, King, Moloney, Moselen, & Dixon, 2020;George & DeCristofaro, 2018;Ozen, Bal Ozkaptan, Coskun, & Terzioglu, 2019), pharmacy students (Mnatzaganian, Fricovsky, Best, & Singh, 2017;Newsome, Mallawaarachchi, Conklin, & Ray, 2018), military college students (Rong et al, 2017), as well and general students (Barsell, Everhart, Miadich, & Trujillo, 2018;Elsborg, Krossdal, & Kayser, 2017;Mackert, Champlin, & Mabry-Flynn, 2017;Matthews, 2018;Rababah, Al-Hammouri, Drew, & Aldalaykeh, 2019;Rosario et al, 2017;Runk, Durham, Vongxay, & Sychareun, 2017;Sukys, Cesnaitiene, & Ossowsky, 2017;Uysal, Ceylan, & Koç, 2020). However, the specific researches focused on teacher candidate students, particularly biology teacher candidates in nowadays outbreak/pandemic condition are very scarce.…”

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Exploring COVID-19 Literacy Level among Biology Teacher Candidates

Fauzi

Husamah

Miharja

et al. 2020

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed

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The specific researches focused on biology teacher candidates in nowadays outbreak/pandemic (COVID-19) condition are very scarce. This study aimed to describe the profile of COVID-19 literacy level possessed by biology teacher candidate students in Indonesia. The data in this survey research was collected between January and March, 2020. The selected location was Malang, one of education city and was announced as the red zone for COVID-19 spread. The total sample were 290 students. The data collection employed the questionnaire, contained of three parts i.e. information of respondent's identity, profile of information resource, attaining time profile of COVID-19 related information, and COVID-19 literacy level. The students' literacy scores were analyzed using ANOVA to analyze the presence of student's years' effect on COVID-19 literacy of biology teacher candidate students. As a result, students' years do not have a significant effect on their COVID-19 literacy. Most students had heard of COVID-19 before the disease was reported to enter Indonesia, but only few students were categorized in high level. The campus should respond immediately to these results, considering that students act as agents of information for those around them.

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“…The European Health Literacy Survey Alliance (HLS-EU) de nes health literacy (HL) as a skillset that requires people to have the knowledge, motivation and su cient ability and health promotion to improve their quality of life when they make decisions about health care and disease prevention in their daily life and when they obtain, understand, evaluate and implement health information [2] . Additionally, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) de nes health literacy as "An individual's ability to access, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make sound health-related decisions and follow treatment guidelines."…”

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Study on the Status of Health Literacy and its Relationship with Chronic Diseases in Poor Areas

Chen

Shi

Yang

et al. 2020

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Aims We conducted an epidemiological survey of health literacy and chronic diseases among people in poverty-stricken areas in China to understand the current status of health literacy among poor individuals and the epidemic characteristics of chronic diseases. Methods In June 2018, multistage stratified random sampling was used to conduct a face-to-face questionnaire survey of 1,700 residents (response rate: 97.71%) in 7 national-level poverty-stricken counties in Henan Province, China. The questionnaire assessed social demographics, health literacy, health-related behaviours, and the status of chronic diseases (such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease). Structural equation models were used to examine the relationships among health literacy, health-related behaviours, and chronic diseases. Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0 and Mplus 7.0. Results There were 69 people with sufficient health literacy in poverty-stricken areas, accounting for 4.15% of the total sample, with an average score of 31.95 ± 11.81 points. Individuals who were male, older, poorer, less educated and suffering from chronic diseases were less likely to have sufficient health literacy. A total of 574 patients had chronic diseases, accounting for 34.56% of the total sample. The health literacy score was related to the number of chronic diseases (β = 0.041, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.033 ~ 0.049), while health literacy and health-related behaviour were indirectly related (β = -0.002, 95% CI: -0.003~ -0.001). Health-related behaviours mediated the relationship between health literacy and the number of chronic diseases. Conclusions It is possible to further increase the health literacy level of residents in poverty-stricken areas by increasing the promotion of health literacy knowledge and avoiding unhealthy behaviours, thereby reducing the incidence of chronic diseases and improving their health status.

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Health literacy level and influencing factors in university students

Cited by 61 publications

References 26 publications

Assessing health science students' health literacy and its association with health behaviours

Assessing health science students' health literacy and its association with health behaviours

Exploring COVID-19 Literacy Level among Biology Teacher Candidates

Study on the Status of Health Literacy and its Relationship with Chronic Diseases in Poor Areas

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