De-yun QI, Li-ping LI, Hui-jing SHI, Yan-wei JIANG, Ya-ning WANG. Medical knowledge and reasonable medical treatment health literacy and its influencing factors among middle school students[J]. Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017, 29(10): 775-779. DOI: 10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2017.10.008
Citation: De-yun QI, Li-ping LI, Hui-jing SHI, Yan-wei JIANG, Ya-ning WANG. Medical knowledge and reasonable medical treatment health literacy and its influencing factors among middle school students[J]. Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017, 29(10): 775-779. DOI: 10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2017.10.008

Medical knowledge and reasonable medical treatment health literacy and its influencing factors among middle school students

  • ObjectiveTo ascertain the medical knowledge and reasonable medical treatment health literacy and its influencing factors among middle school students, and to improve the current health education and health promotion, thus providing reference for health intervention.
    MethodsUsing stratified cluster sampling, 832 students were investigated with the questionnaire of health literacy. Multi-variables non-conditional logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the health literacy status and analyze its influencing factors.
    ResultsIn terms of four dimensions of medical knowledge and reasonable medical treatment health literacy, scores of obtaining, understanding, analysis, evaluation and application were (7.58±2.27), (20.59±4.67), (8.67±2.23), (34.54±8.78) respectively, and the overall health literacy score was (71.38±15.36). The proportion of health literacy was 34.7%. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that the factors of affecting the health literacy of students were grade, gender, type of household registration, school health education hours and self-assessment learning achievement.
    ConclusionThe overall level ofstudents' medical knowledge and reasonable medical treatment health literacy are at low level in Shanghai Hongkou District, future intervention should take full advantage of the platform of school health education.
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