Health Literacy and its Related Factors in Infant's Mothers
Aims: Health literacy includes not only the ability to read but also a set of complicated skills. Health literacy is important for understanding health messages and choosing the appropriate decision. The aim of this study was to determine the level of health literacy of mothers with infants who refe...
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| author | Seyyed Hamid Reza Fallah Morteza-Nejad MohammadHossein YektaKooshali Sadegh MoshtaghiKojal Zohreh Salmalian Aboozar Ramezani Mohammad EsmaeilpourBandboni |
| author_facet | Seyyed Hamid Reza Fallah Morteza-Nejad MohammadHossein YektaKooshali Sadegh MoshtaghiKojal Zohreh Salmalian Aboozar Ramezani Mohammad EsmaeilpourBandboni |
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| description | Aims: Health literacy includes not only the ability to read but also a set of complicated skills. Health literacy is important for understanding health messages and choosing the appropriate decision. The aim of this study was to determine the level of health literacy of mothers with infants who referred to urban health centers of Guilan.
Instruments & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was carried out on 253 mothers with infants who referred to urban health centers covered by the Guilan University of Medical Sciences for receiving routine care in 2018. These subjects were selected using random sampling method. For data collection, the standard information literacy questionnaire (HELIA) was distributed among eligible mothers according to inclusion criteria. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS 19 software using Spearman Correlation, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests.
Findings: The mean score of maternal health literacy was 72.33±13.04. There was a significant relationship between the health literacy and maternal education level and occupational status (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The level of health literacy in mothers with infants is desirable, but it depends on various factors and can change over time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd4c80a1fd0b4d1a92194baea2e7d1282022-12-21T17:48:16ZfasHamadan University of Medical SciencesJournal of Education and Community Health2383-23122383-23122019-12-016423924510.29252/jech.6.4.239Health Literacy and its Related Factors in Infant's MothersSeyyed Hamid Reza Fallah Morteza-Nejad0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4809-9631 MohammadHossein YektaKooshali1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7339-8230 Sadegh MoshtaghiKojal2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4125-3579 Zohreh Salmalian3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4338-3967Aboozar Ramezani4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3888-1363Mohammad EsmaeilpourBandboni5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5563-8958Guilan University of Medical SciencesGuilan University of Medical SciencesGuilan University of Medical SciencesGuilan University of Medical SciencesPh.D. Student in Library and Information Science Medicine, Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranGuilan University of Medical Sciences Aims: Health literacy includes not only the ability to read but also a set of complicated skills. Health literacy is important for understanding health messages and choosing the appropriate decision. The aim of this study was to determine the level of health literacy of mothers with infants who referred to urban health centers of Guilan. Instruments & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was carried out on 253 mothers with infants who referred to urban health centers covered by the Guilan University of Medical Sciences for receiving routine care in 2018. These subjects were selected using random sampling method. For data collection, the standard information literacy questionnaire (HELIA) was distributed among eligible mothers according to inclusion criteria. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS 19 software using Spearman Correlation, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests. Findings: The mean score of maternal health literacy was 72.33±13.04. There was a significant relationship between the health literacy and maternal education level and occupational status (p<0.05). Conclusion: The level of health literacy in mothers with infants is desirable, but it depends on various factors and can change over time.http://jech.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-724-en.pdfhealth literacymothersinfant |
| spellingShingle | Seyyed Hamid Reza Fallah Morteza-Nejad MohammadHossein YektaKooshali Sadegh MoshtaghiKojal Zohreh Salmalian Aboozar Ramezani Mohammad EsmaeilpourBandboni Health Literacy and its Related Factors in Infant's Mothers Journal of Education and Community Health health literacy mothers infant |
| title | Health Literacy and its Related Factors in Infant's Mothers |
| title_full | Health Literacy and its Related Factors in Infant's Mothers |
| title_fullStr | Health Literacy and its Related Factors in Infant's Mothers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health Literacy and its Related Factors in Infant's Mothers |
| title_short | Health Literacy and its Related Factors in Infant's Mothers |
| title_sort | health literacy and its related factors in infant s mothers |
| topic | health literacy mothers infant |
| url | http://jech.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-724-en.pdf |
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