Survey of health literacy level among children's parents in Henan province
Objective To understand the health literacy level among the parents of children in Henan province and its influencing factors,and to provide scientific basis for future health education effort in relevant populations and the formulation of relevant health policies.Methods From July to September 2023,the health literacy level survey was conducted among the accompanying fathers or mothers of hospitalized children in a level-A tertiary children's hospital,who were selected by convenience sampling method.The National Resident Health Literacy Monitoring Questionnaire developed by the National Health Commission in 2021 was employed.The survey results were analyzed using descriptive epidemiological method.Results A total of 1 367 parents of children were surveyed,including 531 fathers(38.84％)and 836 mothers(61.16％),and the health literacy levels among fathers and mothers were 32.58％and 30.26％(x2=0.813,P＞0.05),respectively;the survey subjects were aged between 22-57 years,with a health literacy level of 36.21％(281/776)in the 22-＜40 year age group,which was higher than that in the 40-57 year age group(x2=21.323,P＜0.05),which was 24.53％(145/591);the health literacy level among the survey subjects residing in the ur-ban areas was 36.36％(204/561),which was higher than that in the rural areas(x2=11.996,P＜0.05),which was 27.54％(222/806).Pairwise comparison(with P＜0.008 as the statistically significant difference)showed that the health literacy levels among survey subjects with education level of primary school or below,occupation as a farmer,and annual income of family per capita＜10 000 yuan were only 9.51％(25/263),22.58％(156/691),and 18.75％(96/512),respectively,all lower than those for the corre-sponding other groups.Conclusions Age,education level,occupation,residing in urban or rural areas,and annual income of family per capita are influencing factors on the health literacy level among the parents of children.It is necessary to strengthen health education interventions among the parents of children who are older,have lower education levels,live in rural areas,work as farmers,and have lower annual income per capita.
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