Mas Francisco Soto, Jacobson Holly E, Dong Yan
From the Departments of Family & Community Medicine, Linguistics, and Mathematics & Statistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
South Med J. 2014 Feb;107(2):61-5. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0000000000000050.
The purpose of this study was to assess the health literacy levels of Hispanic college students.
Participants were students at a major Hispanic-serving university in the southwestern United States. The design was cross-sectional, and data were collected using the Newest Vital Sign in English. Analyses included frequencies and descriptive statistics, simple and multiple logistic regression, and χ(2)/Fisher exact tests.
A total of 331 students participated. The overall Newest Vital Sign mean score was 5.1 (standard deviation 1.18); more than 90% (n = 299) obtained a score equivalent to an "always adequate literacy." A lower percentage than that found by a national survey scored at the "below adequate literacy" level. Language spoken at home was the only covariate that significantly affected test scores (P = 0.01).
The overall health literacy level of the participants was higher than the general Hispanic adult population. Investing in the education of Hispanics may help to address disparities in health literacy.
本研究旨在评估西班牙裔大学生的健康素养水平。
参与者为美国西南部一所主要服务于西班牙裔的大学的学生。采用横断面设计，使用英文的《最新生命体征》收集数据。分析包括频率和描述性统计、简单和多元逻辑回归以及χ(2)/费舍尔精确检验。
共有331名学生参与。《最新生命体征》的总体平均得分为5.1（标准差1.18）；超过90%（n = 299）的学生得分相当于“始终具备足够素养”。在“素养不足”水平得分的百分比低于全国调查结果。在家中使用的语言是唯一显著影响测试分数的协变量（P = 0.01）。
参与者的总体健康素养水平高于西班牙裔成年人群体。对西班牙裔人群进行教育投资可能有助于解决健康素养方面的差异。
