Budhathoki Shyam Sundar, Pokharel Paras K, Jha Nilambar, Moselen Emma, Dixon Robyn, Bhattachan Meika, Osborne Richard H
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
School of Nursing, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Int Health. 2019 Jan 1;11(1):15-23. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihy090.
There is an assumption that health literacy is higher among health professionals, allowing them to improve the health literacy of their patients. This study explored health literacy profiles of health science students in Nepal, the future health professionals and educators of health literacy.
The multidimensional Health Literacy Questionnaire and demographic questions were administered online to medical and other health science students at the B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
More than half (55.8%) of the participants were male, 68.3% were ≤19 y of age, 62.2% had parents with a university degree, 73.5% were studying undergraduate courses and 61.6% were pursuing medicine. Students reported having moderate support and skills to manage their health. Health was regarded as important to them. They reported a moderate ability to engage with health professionals and the healthcare system. Medical students reported higher scores for all scales except social support for health, which was similar across the groups.
Universities should target interventions to improve students' access to health information and to develop students' ability to engage actively with healthcare providers. This will likely produce health professionals with improved health literacy levels who are sensitive to the health literacy needs of their patients from different population groups.
有一种假设认为，卫生专业人员的健康素养较高，这使他们能够提高患者的健康素养。本研究探讨了尼泊尔健康科学专业学生（未来的卫生专业人员和健康素养教育者）的健康素养概况。
在尼泊尔达兰的BP柯伊拉腊健康科学研究所，通过在线方式向医学及其他健康科学专业学生发放多维健康素养问卷和人口统计学问题。
超过半数（55.8%）的参与者为男性，68.3%年龄≤19岁，62.2%的参与者父母拥有大学学位，73.5%正在攻读本科课程，61.6%正在学习医学。学生们表示在管理自身健康方面得到了适度的支持且具备相关技能。他们认为健康对自己很重要。他们表示与卫生专业人员及医疗保健系统沟通的能力适中。除了健康方面的社会支持这一维度外，医学生在所有维度上的得分均更高，而该维度在各群体中得分相似。
大学应针对性地开展干预措施，以改善学生获取健康信息的机会，并培养学生与医疗保健提供者积极沟通的能力。这可能会培养出健康素养更高的卫生专业人员，他们能够敏锐地意识到不同人群患者的健康素养需求。
