Covid-19 Salgınının Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Üzerine Etkisi: Bir Alan Araştırması

Abstract

Human behavior in pandemics changes under the influence of many factors and causes various social consequences. Countries make interventions that affect public life in order to create the right health behaviors during pandemic periods. Society's response to these interventions is closely related to the level of health literacy. This study was conducted to examine the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the level of health literacy and the demographic dimensions of this effect. The research was applied to the participants aged 18 and over in the Sivas universe using the digital survey technique in the Whatsapp and Telegram sample. The sample of the study consisted of 633 people, and the selection was made with the stratified sampling method. Considering the findings obtained within the scope of the research, the average age of 633 individuals participating in the study was found to be 35.72 ± 10.03 years. When the vaccination status is examined by education level, 64.72% of the vaccinated individuals are associate degree/undergraduate, 21.69% graduate/doctorate, 11.70% high school, 1.72% primary school, and 0.17% is literate. Although it was understood that 54.5% of the participant individuals did not have Covid-19 Disease and 45.5% had this disease, it was seen that 91.8% of them had the Covid-19 Vaccine and only 8.2% did not have the vaccine. As a result of the research, the health literacy score was found to be 32.00 (limited-problematic category). In the study, it was found that women understand healthrelated information better than men, reading books/newspapers/magazines has a 1.5% effect on health literacy, and the level of education and preference for health organizations has a 5.3% effect. The proportion of those who had the disease in the unvaccinated was found 56%, and in the vaccinated people was found 45%. However, there was no significant difference between the health literacy score and the groups in the cases of passing the disease and being vaccinated.

COVID-19 Sürecinde Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinde Sağlıklı Olma Kültürü ile Sağlık Okuryazarlık Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

“…Bu nedenle, yeterli/yüksek sağlık okuryazarlık, pandemi sürecini daha kontrollü atlatmak için sosyal sorumluluk bilincinin oluşması için işlevsel bir araçtır. (28) COVID-19 sürecinde sosyal sorumluluk bilincinin aile kavramıyla daha fazla güçlendiği düşünülmektedir. Çalışma sonuçlarına bakıldığında COVID-19 öncesi bireylerin bireysel gelişimlerine odaklandığı, COVID-19 sürecinde ise; evli olanların daha yüksek sağlık okuryazarlığa sahip oluşu, pandeminin getirmiş olduğu sosyal izolasyon sonucu bireylerin aile kavramının önemini daha fazla benimsediği ve sevdiklerini korumak için sağlık okuryazarlık düzeylerini yükseltmeye çalıştıkları sonucu çıkarılabilir.…”

“…(14,23) COVID-19 sürecinde yapılan çalışmalar incelendiğinde; gelir düzeyi yüksek olan bireylerin sağlık okuryazarlık düzeylerinin daha yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır. (28) Düşük sağlık okuryazarlık, eğitim düzeyi, yoksulluk, işsizlik ve düşük sosyoekonomik statü ile ilişkilidir. (1) Sosyoekonomik durumu kötü olan bireylerin sınırlı sağlık okuryazarlığa sahip olma riski daha yüksektir.…”