Investigation Of Health Literacy Of Reading Students In Social And Health Sciences Of A University

İnkaya, Bahar; Tüzer, Hilal

doi:10.5505/ktd.2018.27146

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“…A number of studies carried out by Zhang et al with the students at faculties of medicine and nursing as well as a study carried out in Pakistan with faculty of pharmacy students suggested that as students' age and the year at school went up, so did their health literacy rate [10,18,20]. Similar other studies conducted with students enrolled in faculties of health sciences, nursing and medicine in our country are also supportive of our findings [21][22][23]. This may be due to the fact that as students' year in school and age went up, the health-related education they receive becomes more advanced as they move up in years.…”

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Health Literacy Among University Students and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Survey Among Pharmacy Students

KIRAN¹,

KARACA²,

HASSOY³

2022

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Health literacy is an important topic for both healthcare service providers and recipients to ensure costefficient utilization of healthcare services and to improve health outputs. The study intended to identify health literacy of students at the faculty of pharmacy, who are future healthcare professionals. This cross-sectional study comprises 691 undergraduate students enrolled in the Faculty of Pharmacy at Ege University. "Health Literacy Scale of Turkey" was used to measure health literacy, which is the dependent variable of the study; and the questionnaire, which was used as the data collection tool, was implemented through face-to-face interviews. Correlation between categorical data was identified by chi-square test and logistic regression analysis. 548 students responded to the questionnaire (Response rate=79.3%). Students attending 1 st year had 2.53 (95%CI=1.47-4.36) times higher odds of having inadequate health literacy; those who did not exercise ran 1.98 times (95%CI=1.32-2.97) higher odds of having inadequate health literacy. The odds of having inadequate health literacy were 3.44 times (95% CI=1.02-12.35) higher among the students residing abroad as opposed to those living in a metropolitan city, and it was 1.70 times (95% CI=1.13-2.55) higher among those living in city centers. Identified health literacy rates were low when compared to the health literacy rates of pharmacy students in other countries. These results will contribute to incorporate the concept of health literacy into pharmacy education, particularly through adjustments to be made on the curriculum for new students.

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Health Literacy Among University Students and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Survey Among Pharmacy Students

KIRAN¹,

KARACA²,

HASSOY³

2022

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“…In our study, no significant relationship was found between the students' mean age and their AHLS scores (p>0.05). Although there are studies that did not find a relationship between age and health literacy (28,29), a positive correlation was found between age and health literacy This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to level in a study conducted with health and social science students (30). The reason for the different results pertaining to the relationship between health literacy level and age may be that all students, regardless of their age, are freshmen when their education level is considered.…”

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Health Literacy Level of Students Who have Newly Started University Education in Turkey

Çal¹

2021

Erciyes Med J

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“…Among the similar studies performed with the health literacy scale for adults, Dinçer and Kurşun [14] reported a mean adult health literacy score of 14.31±2.60 in university students. İnkaya and Tüzer [15] found this score as 16.9±3.2 in university students from Health and Social Sciences while Gül et al [16] reported a score of 13.9±2.65 in a sample consisting of university students in vocational school. In a study conducted in Iran with 250 subjects, 50.4% of the participants were found to have an insufficient level of health literacy, and a study in 386 students in the field of health revealed that 50.5% of the participants had sufficient health literacy levels [17,18].…”

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Evaluation of Health Literacy Levels in Adults: The Case of Ankara Province

Ertem

Güzel

Zekioğlu

2021

JPRI

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The concept of health literacy, which is related to issues such as health behaviors, use of health services, satisfaction, has increased in national and international level in recent years. This concept refers to the individual's cognitive and social skills in health-related issues. The aim of this study is to determine the health literacy levels of individuals living in Ankara. The study was carried out with 387 volunteers. In the study, Adult Health Literacy Scale (AHLS), which consists of 23 questions developed by Sezer, was used. Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test were used to analyze the data. The average level of health literacy obtained in the study was formulated in accordance with the European Health Literacy Study and the level of international competence was determined. Accordingly, 50.1% (194) of the participants in the study were found to be inadequate, 42.1% (163) limited and 7.8% (30) sufficient health literacy. The level of perfect health literacy has not been found. In order to increase the level of health literacy, roadmaps developed jointly by policy makers and health professionals are needed. As the impact of culture on health literacy is known, developing local strategies is thought to be an effective way to increase the level of health literacy. It is important for healthcare professionals, public health professionals and health educators working in primary health care services to take roles in targeting the target population, developing strategy and communicating in the health literacy process.

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Investigation Of Health Literacy Of Reading Students In Social And Health Sciences Of A University

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Health Literacy Among University Students and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Survey Among Pharmacy Students

Health Literacy Among University Students and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Survey Among Pharmacy Students

Health Literacy Level of Students Who have Newly Started University Education in Turkey

Evaluation of Health Literacy Levels in Adults: The Case of Ankara Province

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