Health literacy level and related factors of students in a health vocational high school
Health literacy (HL), by definition, refers to a person's ability to obtain, interpret and comprehend fundamental health information and services in order to enhance their health. In our study, it was aimed to determine HL level of health vocational high school students. The population of t...
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| author | Esra Zopcuk Ismail Cihat Cavuslu Betul Erten Nurten Yalcinkaya Erkan Pehlivan |
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| description | Health literacy (HL), by definition, refers to a person's ability to obtain, interpret and comprehend fundamental health information and services in order to enhance their health. In our study, it was aimed to determine HL level of health vocational high school students. The population of this descriptive cross-sectional study consists of students attending a Health Vocational High School(n:337). In May-June 2019, questionnaire form and 'Turkey Health Literacy Scale-32' were applied to students who voluntarily agreed to participate in study. Kolmogorov Smirnov, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis tests were used in analysis of data. Sixty-eight percent of the pupils were female, while thirty-two percent were male. Study group had a THLQ score of 33.7±8.9, with 53.7 percent of male pupils and 39.5 percent of female pupils having insufficient/limited HL and the difference was significant (p [Med-Science 2022; 11(4.000): 1502-6] |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5f9e8479a6c40ad898e2d5b9536642e2024-02-03T06:40:26ZengSociety of Turaz BilimMedicine Science2147-06342022-12-011141502610.5455/medscience.2022.04.10014488Health literacy level and related factors of students in a health vocational high schoolEsra Zopcuk0Ismail Cihat Cavuslu1Betul Erten2Nurten YalcinkayaErkan PehlivanInonu Universty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Malatya, Turkiye Balikesir Provincial Health Directorate, Balıkesir, Turkiye Ataturk Health Vocational High School, Malatya, TurkiyeHealth literacy (HL), by definition, refers to a person's ability to obtain, interpret and comprehend fundamental health information and services in order to enhance their health. In our study, it was aimed to determine HL level of health vocational high school students. The population of this descriptive cross-sectional study consists of students attending a Health Vocational High School(n:337). In May-June 2019, questionnaire form and 'Turkey Health Literacy Scale-32' were applied to students who voluntarily agreed to participate in study. Kolmogorov Smirnov, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis tests were used in analysis of data. Sixty-eight percent of the pupils were female, while thirty-two percent were male. Study group had a THLQ score of 33.7±8.9, with 53.7 percent of male pupils and 39.5 percent of female pupils having insufficient/limited HL and the difference was significant (p [Med-Science 2022; 11(4.000): 1502-6]http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=14488health literacystudentvocational high school |
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| title | Health literacy level and related factors of students in a health vocational high school |
| title_full | Health literacy level and related factors of students in a health vocational high school |
| title_fullStr | Health literacy level and related factors of students in a health vocational high school |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health literacy level and related factors of students in a health vocational high school |
| title_short | Health literacy level and related factors of students in a health vocational high school |
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