Monitoring and Survey Analysis of Health Literacy of Residents in Zhangjiagang City during Past Three Years
Objective To analyze monitoring survey results of health literacy level of residents in Zhangjiagang City during the past three years.Methods The paper chose permanent residents aged 15-69 in urban and rural areas of Zhangjiagang City from January 2020 to December 2022 as health literacy survey subjects,and carried on survey with the latest published questionnaire on the health literacy monitoring and intervention plan for urban and rural residents in Jiangsu,and analyze the final results.Results There was no significant difference in proportion of male and female participants,with P＞0.05,with majority of Han People,being married,middle-aged,backgroud of middle school,and families of three,most of them had medical backgrounds.There was no statistically significant difference in health literacy level between male and female,with P＞0.05.There was no statistically significant difference in healthy lifestyle/behavior between male and female,with P＞0.05.There was statistically significant difference between males and females in terms of basic skills,concepts,and knowledge,P＜0.05.Urban residents had higher awareness rate of health literacy knowledge in terms of health literacy,basic concepts and knowledge,health behaviors and lifestyles,and basic skills than rural residents,with P＜0.05.There was no significant difference in health literacy among different age groups,P＞0.05.The higher education level,the higher health literacy level of residents,with P＜0.05.Health literacy level of residents with medical and health background was higher than those without medical background,P＜0.05.Conclusion Health literacy level of urban and rural residents in Zhangjiagang City is slightly higher than the national level,distribution of health literacy difference of different age groups is relatively high.It is necessary to take a series of intervention measures to fundamentally improve health literacy level of residents aged 45 and above,control and slow down high incidence of common chronic diseases of the middle-aged and elderly actively.
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