Analysis of health literacy level among residents in Nanyang city of Henan province from 2019 to 2022
Objective To understand the level and changing trend of health literacy,explore the influencing factors among residents in Nanyang from 2019 to 2022,evaluate the effect of relevant work,and provide scientific evidence for formulating policies relevant to health promotion.Methods Using multi-stage stratified random sampling method,the residents aged 15-69 years in Nanyang city were sampled;the National Health Literacy Questionnaire for the Residents was used for investigation;SPSS 21.0 software was applied to analyze the health literacy monitoring data of the residents in Nanyang city during 2019-2022.Results From 2019 to 2022,the overall level of health literacy among residents in Nanyang city increased from 15.57％to 29.76％,with an average annual growth of 4.73％(x2trend=88.562,P＜0.05).Among the three aspects of literacy,basic knowledge and concepts,healthy lifestyle and behavior,and basic skills increased from 20.87％,16.40％,and 18.95％to 38.96％,30.16％,and 32.14％,respectively,with an average annual growth rate of 6.03％,4.59％,and 4.40％(all P＜0.05),respectively.The literacy of the six categories of health questions:safety and first aid,scientific health concept,health information,prevention and treatment of infectious diseases,prevention and treatment of chronic diseases and basic medical care,the average annual increasing rate were 5.87％,3.96％,6.36％,5.01％,3.46％and 2.84％(all P＜0.05),respectively.Conclusions The level of health literacy among residents in Nanyang shows an increasing trend year by year.In the future,health education intervention should be strengthened in the key groups such as the elderly,low education level and farmers,and in the key health issues such as the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and chronic diseases so as to rapidly improve the health literacy among the residents.
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