Ao Xiu, Liu Min, Gan Yadi, Wang Hongyu
School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 2014 Jan;43(1):73-7.
To understand status of health literacy and analyze its influencing factors among permanent residents in Daxing district of Beijing.
Multistage stratified cluster random sampling method was used to recruit 807 permanent residents 18-79 years old. A questionnaire was used to collect information about normal social-demographic characters,the basic knowledge and concept literacy, healthy lifestyle and behavior literacy, and health skill literacy and so on.
The average awareness rate of health literacy was 71.1%. In the three aspects of health literacy, the residents' average awareness rates of the basic knowledge and concept literacy, healthy lifestyle and behavior literacy, and health skill literacy were 66.9%, 77.5% and 72.9%, respectively. Only 14.6% of the residents had adequate health literacy. The residents' average possession rate of the basic knowledge and concept literacy, healthy lifestyle and behavior literacy, and health skill literacy were 13.6%, 51.1% and 52.5%, respectively. Health literacy was significantly different among people with different education level, occupation and average monthly household income. Logistic regression analysis showed that the main factors that influenced health literacy were education level and age. Passing percentages were increased with education level and age.
The rate of the residents' health literacy was low. There is an urgent need to strengthen health education and promotion in the population and spread health literacy related knowledge, in order to improve their health literacy level.
了解北京市大兴区常住人口的健康素养状况并分析其影响因素。
采用多阶段分层整群随机抽样方法，选取807名18 - 79岁的常住人口。通过问卷调查收集一般社会人口学特征、基本知识和理念素养、健康生活方式与行为素养以及健康技能素养等方面的信息。
健康素养平均知晓率为71.1%。在健康素养的三个方面，居民对基本知识和理念素养、健康生活方式与行为素养、健康技能素养的平均知晓率分别为66.9%、77.5%和72.9%。仅有14.6%的居民具备充足的健康素养。居民对基本知识和理念素养、健康生活方式与行为素养、健康技能素养的平均具备率分别为13.6%、51.1%和52.5%。不同教育水平、职业和家庭月平均收入人群的健康素养存在显著差异。Logistic回归分析显示，影响健康素养的主要因素是教育水平和年龄。及格率随教育水平和年龄的提高而上升。
居民健康素养水平较低。迫切需要加强人群健康教育与促进，传播健康素养相关知识，以提高其健康素养水平。
