Department of Health, Physical and Social Education, Lithuanian Sports University, Sporto 6, LT-44221 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Department of Recreation and Qualified Tourism, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, K. Górskiego, 80-336 Gdańsk, Poland.
Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:8516843. doi: 10.1155/2017/8516843. Epub 2017 Oct 10.
Despite the large number of studies assessing health literacy, little research has been conducted with young adults. Since health literacy is related to the setting in which health information is provided, our study aim was to measure health literacy competencies in a sample of university students and to evaluate the relationships between these competencies and their university health education.
A total of 912 university students (aged 18-24 years) completed the 47-item European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47).
Perceived difficulties with health information were related to gender, with male students reporting significantly lower health literacy scores. Studying more health education-related subjects was associated with a higher health literacy competency, due to these students' higher rates of accessing and understanding health information in the health promotion domain.
Health literacy among young adult university students is insufficient. The subjects they study are related to their university health education; in particular, the number of health-related subjects they study is positively related to students' health promotion domain-based competencies.
尽管有大量研究评估健康素养,但针对年轻成年人的研究却很少。由于健康素养与提供健康信息的环境有关,我们的研究目的是在大学生样本中测量健康素养能力,并评估这些能力与他们的大学健康教育之间的关系。
共有 912 名大学生(18-24 岁)完成了 47 项欧洲健康素养调查问卷(HLS-EU-Q47)。
对健康信息的理解困难与性别有关,男生报告的健康素养得分明显较低。学习更多与健康教育相关的科目与更高的健康素养能力相关,因为这些学生在健康促进领域更高的获取和理解健康信息的比率。
年轻成年大学生的健康素养不足。他们所学的科目与他们的大学健康教育有关;特别是,他们所学习的健康相关科目数量与学生基于健康促进领域的能力呈正相关。