Investigation of Health Literacy Status and Related Influencing Factors in Military Health Providers of Chinese People's Liberation Army, a Cross-sectional Study

Overview

Journal BMC Public Health

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Public Health

Date 2023 Jan 2

PMID 36593451

Authors

Honghui Rong

Lu Lu

Lei Wang

Cairu Liu

Ling Zhang

Fengju Li

Dali Yi

Enyu Lei

Chuanfen Zheng

Qingbin Meng

Ji-An Chen

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate health literacy and analyze its influencing factors in military health providers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA Army).

Methods: From November to December 2018, cluster sampling was used to select 1512 military health providers from the Army Medical University. Health literacy was measured by using the Chinese Citizen Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) (2015 edition). Influencing factors that may affect health literacy were assessed using the chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression models.

Results: The knowledge rate of health literacy was relatively low (21.6%). The knowledge rate of health-related skills (HRS, 18.7%) was the lowest of the three aspects of health literacy, and the knowledge rate of chronic diseases (CD, 19.6%) was the lowest of the six dimensions of health literacy. Participants who were older, were female, were of Han ethnicity, were the only child in their families, came from urban areas, never used tobacco, and had higher household income were likely to have higher health literacy.

Conclusion: The health literacy levels of military health providers of the PLA Army are relatively low. Further research and health education are necessary to improve health literacy.

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