Abstract:
ObjectiveTo understand the current status of health literacy of junior middle school students in Jingning County of Zhejiang Province so as to provide bases for developing health education strategies in schools.
MethodsUsing the random sampling method for an entire group, 12 classes totaling 532 students from 3 junior middle schools selected from the whole county were surveyed via self-administered questionnaires. In these questionnaires, the EpiData software was used to perform the double data entry, and the SPSS13.0 software was used in making relevant data processing and statistical analyses.
ResultsFor all the junior middle school students in Jingning County, the overall health literacy awareness rate thereof was 26.13%, the basic health knowledge literacy thereof was 31.02%, the healthy lifestyle and behavior literacy thereof was 27.44%, the basic health skills literacy thereof was 41.92%; the health literacy of urban students was higher than that of rural students with statistically significant differences between the two.
ConclusionThe health literacy of junior middle school students of Jingning County still needs to improved, especially with respect to the knowledge regarding the control and prevention of chronic diseases as well as healthy ways of living, so as to improve their comprehensive health literacy.
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