چکیده:
Abstract Objective: Health literacy is the capacity to get, process and realize basic information and services necessary to make proper decisions in the field of health. This study was conducted aimed at determining the relationship between health literacy and demographic variables of Yazd city citizens. Method: This study was a descriptive (cross-sectional) one the population included 385 people living in Yazd city. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed. After completing the questionnaires, the data analysis was performed using SPSS statistical software, Pearson correlation coefficient and Chi-square test. Results: the results indicate that there is a significant relationship between health literacy and age, gender and marital status. The highest correlation coefficient was observed in the relationship between health literacy and age. Conclusion: Due to the effective demographic variables, it seems that demographic characteristics-based interventions should be designed and implemented in order to improve the health literacy of citizens.
خلاصه ماشینی:
95-102, Spring-Summer 2019 Received: 08/28/2018 Accepted: 01/25/2019 Investigation of the Relationship between Health Literacy and Demographic Variables of Yazd City Citizens Akbar Zolfaghari1*, Somayeh Shaker Ardekani2, Naser Mohammadi Ahmad Abadi3 Abstract Objective: Health literacy is the capacity to get, process and realize basic information and services necessary to make proper decisions in the field of health.
Literature review Studies conducted around the world indicate that low levels of health literacy would result in consequences such as less performing screening tests and poor self-care behaviors (Panahi et al.
Some studies have assessed the health literacy level in Iran relatively low and mentioned low education, low socioeconomic status and high age as low health literacy-related factors (Tehrani-Banihashemi et al.
In some studies, age, gender, income level and education level are mentioned among the health literacy-related factors (Khosravi and Ahmadzadeh, 2015; Tehrani-Banihashemi et al.
Discussion This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between health literacy and demographic variables of Yazd citizens.
In fact, culture is a factor affecting the formation of attitudes and behaviors among people of different ethnicities and causes different levels of health literacy among women and men in different target groups; this requires further study (Von Wagner et al.
The other finding of the present study indicates that there is a significant relationship between marital status and health literacy of participants.
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