Health literacy, health status, and healthcare utilization of Taiwanese adults: results from a national survey

Lee, Shoou Yih D.; Tsai, Tzu I.; Tsai, Yi Wen; Kuo, Ken N.

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-614

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“…The similar finding was also reported by Tokuda et al 27 On the other hand there are studies showing a decrease of Health Literacy level as the age increases. 28,29 It could be speculated that the reason behind the different findings of these studies were caused by the disparities of the age and occupations.…”

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The health literacy level and eating behaviours of the teachers working at the city center of Eskisehir Turkey

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INTRODUCTIONHealth Literacy has been defined as the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health. 1 The term health literacy comprises the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to obtain, process and understand the health information in a different approach which enable individual lifestyle changes, life quality improvements, prevention of diseases, and maintenance of good health. 2,3 Health literacy refers to the ability of people to develop information and efficacy acting on them, to raise awareness of the determinants of health and to understand basic health information and services in order to make appropriate health decisions.4 Individuals with low Health Literacy are reported to have difficulties in understanding the information given by healthcare providers, reading the medical labels and following a good treatment compliance. Therefore, the effectiveness of preventive care services on these people is worse. However, they are more likely to have a greater risk for hospitalization, and have a higher rate of emergency service admissions and all these increase the cost of healthcare expenses. ABSTRACT Background:The purpose of this study is to determine the level of Health Literacy of teachers who work at the city center of Eskisehir and to evaluate the relation with eating behaviors and some of possible related variables. Methods: This cross-sectional research study was conducted between 1 st of March and 28 th of April 2017 with the primary, secondary and high school teachers. Study group consists of 825 teachers who agreed to participate to the study. The Questionnaire form includes the socio-demographic variables of teachers, potential factors associated with the health literacy, Turkish Health Literacy Scale 32 (THLS-32) and The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire. Results: The mean age was 41.91±8.80 years ranging from 22 to 65 years. The median score of the general index of the THLS-32 was found to be as 32.81 and 52.1% of our study population were found to be above the median score. The participants showed a negative correlation between the scores of 'emotional eating','uncontrolled eating' scale and THLS-32, positive correlation between 'cognitive restraint' eating scale THLS-32. Conclusions: The health literacy level of teachers is important because of effecting both themselves and students. The teachers and the health care providers should collaborate on the topic more and they should be encouraged to participate in health related programmes.

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The health literacy level and eating behaviours of the teachers working at the city center of Eskisehir Turkey

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“…People with lower educational level were found to work on lower health literacy skills compared to people with higher educational level (Lee et al, 2010). On contrary, people with high health literacy are working better to prevent and manage disease relative than people with limited health literacy (Berkman et al, 2011).…”

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The Role of Media Socialization Agents in Increasing Obesity Health Literacy Among Malaysian Youth

Eng¹,

Edwin²,

Teh³

2016

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Obesity is a global emerging issue. In Malaysia, there has been a significant increase in such cases in the past few years. It is a big challenge for authorities to find out the effectiveness of newspaper as a medium for disseminating obesity information among Malaysian youth. This study aimed to examine the influences and effectiveness of newspaper in conveying health literacy of obesity among Malaysian youth. It focused on their awareness level and perception towards obesity. In this study, 300 Malaysian youth aged 18-25 participated in a survey. It was found that the newspaper-oriented respondents have higher awareness of obesity than the non-newspaper oriented respondents. However, the awareness among the overall respondents is still mainly average. The results also indicate that newspaper is still resourceful in disseminating health information. It is significantly positively related to the youth health literacy. Keywords

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“…It is distinguished from literacy in its focus on health-related issues and its inclusion of a "functional" component related to ability to act on and apply health information, including the ability to access and navigate the health care system [20]. According to Lee et al, [21], low health literacy is considered a worldwide health threat. Low health literacy has been associated with difficulty interpreting medication labels as well as dosing errors [9,22].…”

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A Pictogram-Based Intervention to Reduce Parental Liquid Medication Errors: Health Literacy Approach

Tork¹

2013

AJNS

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Evidence suggests that parents and caregivers make frequent errors when administering liquid medications to children. These errors, which include inaccurate dosing as well as non-adherence to medication regimens, place children at risk for morbidity and mortality. The study aim to explore the effectiveness of pictogram based intervention in reducing caregivers' liquid medication errors as well as the extent to which health literacy impacts medication errors. Quasi-experimental study of caregivers (n=250) of young children (<6 years) enrolled at primary pediatric clinic in Zagazig University hospital. A total of 250 caregivers (121 standard medication counseling and 129 pictogram based intervention) were assessed for health literacy by means of the Newest Vital Sign measure; 84.4%% had low health literacy (Newest Vital Sign score 0-3). Pictogram based intervention recipients were less likely to make errors in knowledge related to medication storage (26.6% vs. 63.3%) dose frequency (20.2% vs. 25%), and preparation compared with caregivers of standard medication counseling recipients (12.8% vs. 31.7%). Pictogram was an efficient way to reduce the prevalence of caregivers' liquid medication errors.

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Health literacy, health status, and healthcare utilization of Taiwanese adults: results from a national survey

Cited by 184 publications

References 26 publications

The health literacy level and eating behaviours of the teachers working at the city center of Eskisehir Turkey

The health literacy level and eating behaviours of the teachers working at the city center of Eskisehir Turkey

The Role of Media Socialization Agents in Increasing Obesity Health Literacy Among Malaysian Youth

A Pictogram-Based Intervention to Reduce Parental Liquid Medication Errors: Health Literacy Approach

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