Research Committe, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Community Health Equity Res Policy. 2022 Jan;42(2):195-201. doi: 10.1177/0272684X20972642. Epub 2020 Dec 1.
The health information is an important factor for improving people's health behaviors. On the other hand, media literacy plays an important role in the search and selection of valid information and resources about health. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the correlation between health literacy and media literacy.
This study was a cross-sectional study. Random cluster sampling was used to select 700 citizens in Kerman, Iran. Health literacy for Iranian adults' questionnaire and media literacy questionnaire were used to collect the data.
Health literacy of 53.2% of the citizens was insufficient. Media literacy of 38.6% of the citizens was moderate and it was high in 61.3%. A significant positive correlation was found between health literacy and media literacy.
The media literacy was an important determinant factor for health literacy. The development and increase of media literacy can also increase health literacy.
健康信息是改善人们健康行为的重要因素。另一方面，媒体素养在搜索和选择有关健康的有效信息和资源方面起着重要作用。因此，本研究旨在调查健康素养和媒体素养之间的相关性。
本研究为横断面研究。采用随机整群抽样法选取伊朗克尔曼市 700 名市民。使用伊朗成年人健康素养问卷和媒体素养问卷收集数据。
53.2%的市民健康素养不足，38.6%的市民媒体素养中等，61.3%的市民媒体素养较高。健康素养与媒体素养呈显著正相关。
媒体素养是健康素养的一个重要决定因素。媒体素养的发展和提高也可以提高健康素养。
