Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Düzeylerinin İncelenmesi / Examining the Health Literacy Levels of Health Sciences Faculty Students

GÜVEN, Durdane YILMAZ; Bulut, Hülya; Öztürk, Sema

doi:10.7596/taksad.v7i2.1511

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“…Although few studies have been done in the literature, similar findings have been reported in our study (19,20). Since the habit of reading books is generally related to the desire to learn and the desire to research, apart from reading adventure or romance novels, the desire to read, learn and research in daily life may also form the basis of health-related teachings and may be related to the high level of health literacy.…”

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Health Literacy Level of a Province and Factors Affecting It

Timur¹,

Metin²

2023

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Objective: In this study, it was aimed to determine the level of health literacy and related factors in Bursa. Methods: It was determined by the simple random random sampling method from the population of the Family Physicians in Bursa and the 17 districts of Bursa were weighted according to their populations, and the districts where less than 50 questionnaires would be applied were excluded from the scope of the study. In June-July 2018, 2200 people were surveyed, 188 surveys were excluded from the research due to inadequacies in the data and a total of 2012 surveys were evaluated. Results: As a result of the logistic regression analysis of the factors age, education, health status, income level and reading habits were found to be associated with having sufficient health literacy level. Accordingly, adequate level of health literacy; in individuals aged 15- 44, 1.25 times compared to individuals aged 45 and over, 1.36 times more than those with a high school or higher education, secondary school and below, 1.81 times more than those with good health and poor health, it was observed that it was 1.32 times higher in those with a good income level than those with a low income level and 1.45 times more in those with a habit of reading books than in those without a habit of reading. Conclusion: In our health literacy study conducted in Bursa province, we showed the relationship between age, education status, income level, education level, reading habits and health literacy. Health literacy; a concept that has been put forward for the last twenty years for health service delivery, is known to be effective in a wide process ranging from cost-effective patient-physician satisfaction, where it can change the results of health service expectations. In order to protect the society without the need for rehabilitation without getting sick for a total welfare, screening and education activities should increasingly continue

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Health Literacy Level of a Province and Factors Affecting It

Timur¹,

Metin²

2023

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“…In this study, the absence of a statistically significant difference between gender groups in health literacy scores is similar to the results of the studies of Akalın et al (2021), Gün et al (2021), Uskun et al (2021), Değerli and Nezihe (2018) measuring health literacy. On the other hand, studies reveal that health literacy differs by gender (Deniz, 2020;Yılmaz Güven et al, 2018). The fact that health literacy, which contains literacy skills in its essence, does not differ by the gender variable can be attributed to the fact that the literacy rates of women and men are close to each other in developed and developing countries and the abundance of official and unofficial information channels that increase health knowledge of individuals.…”

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Examination of the Relationship Between the Health Literacy Level and Health Anxiety of Individuals During the Covid-19 Pandemic

KEKLİK

MERT

2023

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Aim: This study aims to determine individuals' health literacy and anxiety levels and their relationship. Methods: In the study, the TSOY-32 scale developed by Okyay and Abacıgil (2016) on behalf of the Ministry of Health, and the Health Anxiety Inventory (Short Version), which was translated into Turkish by Aydemir et al. (2013) for validity and reliability study, were used. The study population consists of individuals over 18 living in Isparta province. The sample size determined within the scope of the study is 384 people, and 401 participants were reached. SPSS 22 was used to analyze the collected data. Relationships between variables were examined via t-test, ANOVA analysis, correlation and regression analysis. Results: A significant difference was observed from comparing the scores of hypersensitivity to physical symptoms and anxiety subscale of the health anxiety scale with the chronic disease/disability status and age groups of the participants. No significant correlation was found between health literacy index scores and health anxiety scores. After the regression analysis to question whether the level of health literacy is a significant determinant of individuals' health anxiety level, no significant difference was observed. Conclusion: The health literacy index score of the participants was found to be 32.13. In literature, this result is considered a problematic/limited level of health literacy. As a solution, it may be possible to increase the general literacy level in society first and then take measures to increase health literacy by the health authorities. The health anxiety level of individuals was found to be mild. These findings show that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, health literacy does not have any effect that increases or decreases health anxiety level.

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“…Examining the sources used by students to access health-related information, it was determined that 48% reported the Internet, 29.7% reported health workers, and 16.7% reported family members and friends in the top 3. [14]…”

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“…Üstün et al [18] found this mean as 30.10 in their study with pharmacy students. Yilmaz et al [14] found this score as 29.48 with the students of the Faculty of Health Sciences. In the studies conducted with nursing students during the pandemic process, it is stated that the average score obtained from the E-SYO scale is high.…”

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E-health literacy of nursing students and investigation of factors affecting e-health literacy during COVID-19 pandemic process: A cross-sectional study

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The lack of knowledge on health literacy affects all segments of society, particularly health workers. The objectives were to identify nursing students’ means of accessing information during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, their level of health literacy, and the factors that affect it. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Turkey among 398 nursing students of Çukurova University and Van Yüzüncü Yil University between June 1 and June 30, 2020. As a data collection tool, E-Health Literacy Scale was used, with students’ characteristics and personal information form related to Internet use. These forms were converted to the online format. The survey link was sent to the students’ smartphones and/or e-mails to ask them to participate. Majority of participants were Van Yüzüncü Yil University nursing students (63.8%). E-SYO score average of all students was found to be 29.42 ± 4.39 (min = 14, max = 40); it was is found be at a good level. They used the Internet as the first source of information about coronavirus disease 2019 (65.1%).Among the participants, 65.8% stated that it was important to access the health resource on the Internet and 19.1% of the participants thought that it was very important. It was found that Internet use was being used for >3 times a day (72.9%). The age, class, gender, family type, income level, high school from which they graduated from, and their working status significantly were statistically affecting their health literacy (P < .05). The health literacy scale scores were significant and higher than those who did not know the concept of health literacy, and those who perceived Internet skills well and very well than those who perceived them poorly (P < .05). Nursing students were found to have good average health literacy averages. Improving the health literacy is important for making individuals healthier.

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Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Düzeylerinin İncelenmesi / Examining the Health Literacy Levels of Health Sciences Faculty Students

Cited by 38 publications

References 8 publications

Health Literacy Level of a Province and Factors Affecting It

Health Literacy Level of a Province and Factors Affecting It

Examination of the Relationship Between the Health Literacy Level and Health Anxiety of Individuals During the Covid-19 Pandemic

E-health literacy of nursing students and investigation of factors affecting e-health literacy during COVID-19 pandemic process: A cross-sectional study

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