Bahramian Manezheh, Najimi Arash, Omid Athar
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Student Research Committee, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Department of Medical Education, Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2020 Jan 30;9:10. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_199_19. eCollection 2020.
Recognized as one of the key elements of growth and development, education is an important strategy for successful provision of services in all social dimensions. Moreover, it is categorized among empowerment tools to achieve goals. In the field of health, health education encourages people to be healthy. This study aimed to evaluate the health literacy of health-care providers and its relationship with strategies of using health literacy in the provision of health education.
This cross-section correlational study was carried out on a group of health-care providers in Isfahan, Iran, in the second trimester of the Persian year 1397 (2018). Participants were selected by multistage sampling, for which two questionnaires of Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults and inventory of strategies of using health literacy in education were applied. The validity and reliability of the research tools were formerly approved. In addition, data analysis was performed in SPSS version 21 using Pearson's correlation coefficient and linear regression model.
In total, 230 participants with a mean age of 34.32 ± 7.71 years were entered into the study, 92.9% of whom were female and 7.1% were male. The mean health literacy score of the participants was 79.60 ± 12.41. In the sections of knowledge, attitude, and performance were related to the use of health literacy education strategies, and we obtained the means 5.20 ± 1.94, 43.11 ± 4.11, and 28.96 ± 6.73, respectively. Moreover, Pearson's results were indicative of a significant relationship between health literacy of health-care providers and knowledge ( = 0.245; < 0.05) and performance ( = 0.208. < 0.05) regarding the use of education strategies. However, no significant association was found between health literacy of health-care providers and attitude toward the use of health literacy education strategies ( = 0.081; = 0.225).
While the results showed that 75% of health-care providers had a favorable level of health literacy, and despite the proper attitude toward the use of health literacy education strategies, the knowledge and performance of the participants were estimated at < 60% in this regard. It is suggested that the potential of health-care providers in terms of achieving, processing, and perceiving health-related information and fundamental services be improved to enhance their knowledge and performance regarding the use of health literacy education strategies.
教育被视为成长与发展的关键要素之一，是在所有社会层面成功提供服务的重要策略。此外，它被归类为实现目标的赋权工具。在健康领域，健康教育鼓励人们保持健康。本研究旨在评估医疗保健提供者的健康素养及其与在提供健康教育中运用健康素养策略的关系。
这项横断面相关性研究于伊朗伊斯法罕的一组医疗保健提供者中进行，时间为伊朗历1397年（2018年）的第二个孕期。参与者通过多阶段抽样选取，应用了两份问卷，即成人功能性健康素养测试问卷和教育中运用健康素养策略量表。研究工具的效度和信度先前已获批准。此外，使用SPSS 21版软件，采用Pearson相关系数和线性回归模型进行数据分析。
共有230名平均年龄为34.32±7.71岁的参与者纳入研究，其中92.9%为女性，7.1%为男性。参与者的平均健康素养得分为79.60±12.41。在与运用健康素养教育策略相关的知识、态度和表现部分，我们分别得到的均值为5.20±1.94、43.11±4.11和28.96±6.73。此外，Pearson分析结果表明，医疗保健提供者的健康素养与运用教育策略的知识（r = 0.245；P < 0.05）和表现（r = 0.208；P < 0.05）之间存在显著关系。然而，医疗保健提供者的健康素养与对运用健康素养教育策略的态度之间未发现显著关联（r = 0.081；P = 0.225）。
虽然结果显示75% 的医疗保健提供者具有良好的健康素养水平，并且尽管对运用健康素养教育策略有正确的态度，但在这方面参与者的知识和表现估计低于60%。建议提高医疗保健提供者获取、处理和理解健康相关信息及基本服务的能力，以增强他们在运用健康素养教育策略方面的知识和表现。
