The Level,Difference and Influencing Factors of Health Literacy of Chinese Residents
Health literacy is the ability of individuals to access and understand basic health information and services,using them for the appropriate action to maintain and promote their own health.The improvement of health literacy can significantly improve the health behaviors of individuals and social groups,thus contributing to the overall health level of a country's population.In order to measure the level of Chinese residents'health literacy,this paper combines the assessment methods of health literacy at home and abroad,and starts from three dimensions:health promotion,disease prevention and medical care.We innovatively designed the Peking University Chinese Residents Health Literacy Network Questionnaire,and conducted a nationwide random sampling and questionnaire survey for the respondents of the China Family Panel Studies(CFPS)in 2020.Based on the survey results,this paper described the overall level and population differences of Chinese residents'health literacy,and on this basis,investigated the influencing factors of health literacy in different dimensions through statistical methods such as multiple regression.The survey data shows that most Chinese residents have a certain level of health literacy(71.41%),but less than 30%of them(25.07%)have a high level of health literacy.The proportion of people with high health literacy in disease prevention(25%)and medical care(21%)dimensions is relatively low in all three dimensions.Additionally,people with relatively low health literacy are generally males,under 60 years old,with lower education,self-employed,and from rural or less developed areas.The conclusion of this paper implies that paying attention to preventive health care,health education for people with low educational levels,the occupational health literacy of the labor force population,and promoting health publicity in underdeveloped areas are of great significance to improving national health literacy and realizing the Healthy China Strategy.
health literacyscale evaluationinfluencing factorshealth education
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