Health literacy in Catalonia: Situation Analysis

Garcia-Codina, Oriol; Bujan, Paloma Amil; Juvinyà‐Canal, Dolors; Mestre, Assumpció González; Masachs-Fatjó, Eulàlia; Cerezuela, Esteve Saltó; Blay, Carles

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“…We also found that older age was associated with lower health literacy. Age is often cited as a significant impediment to navigating and utilizing new information, leading to inadequate health literacy among the elderly ( Garcia-Codina et al, 2016 ; van der Heide et al, 2013 ; Sørensen et al, 2015 ; Wångdahl et al, 2014 ). Yet, these results are countered by Nakayama et al's ( 2015 ) study conducted among urban elderly in Japan and CARLA study in Germany ( Tiller et al, 2015 ).…”

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“…We also noted that males had better health literacy than females, concurring with the findings from Germany ( Tiller et al, 2015 ), but contrasting the results obtained by a survey conducted in eight European countries and in Egypt ( Almaleh et al, 2017 ; Sørensen et al, 2015 ). Globally, limited health literacy is associated with low educational attainment, although education does not guarantee better health literacy ( Almaleh et al, 2017 ; Garcia-Codina et al, 2016 ; Sørensen et al, 2015 ; Tiller et al, 2015 ). Hence, health literacy interventions should focus on ensuring that health information can be accessed and interpreted regardless of one's formal educational status.…”

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Health Literacy Among Non-Communicable Disease Service Seekers: A Nationwide Finding from Primary Health Care Settings of Bangladesh

Salwa,

Islam,

Tasnim

et al. 2024

HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice

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Background: Considering the health literacy status of service seekers is crucial while developing programs and policies to improve service delivery in primary health care settings. Objective: Our aim was to assess health literacy among adults seeking non-communicable disease (NCD)-related services in primary health care centers (PHC) of Bangladesh and identify its contributing factors and its preventive effect on risky behaviors. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 2,793 NCD service seekers were interviewed face-to-face from eight rural and three urban PHCs selected by a multi-stage random sampling method. We used the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire to collect data on health literacy. We applied logistic regression analysis to identify the contributing factors related to adequate health literacy. Odds ratios were used to calculate the preventive fraction of health literacy for NCD risk behaviors. Key Results: Limited health literacy was found among 43% of the respondents. Adequate health literacy was associated with younger age, male sex, having a formal education, living in an extended family, hailing from a high socioeconomic group, and attending urban PHC. After adjusting the sociodemographic factors, the prevalence of smoking, smokeless tobacco usage, and inadequate fruits and vegetables consumption among participants were found to be 25%, 51%, and 18% lower for people with sufficient health literacy. Conclusions: NCD service seekers have a high rate of inadequate health literacy. Adequate health literacy has the potential to lower the behavioral risk factors of NCDs. [ HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice . 2024;8(1):e12–e20. ]

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