scholarly journals Evaluation of Health Literacy and its influencing factors on dormitory students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahman Panahi ◽  
Ali Ramezankhani ◽  
Mahmoud Tavousi ◽  
Fereshteh Osmani ◽  
Elaheh Ghazanfari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Medical Sciences

scholarly journals Health Literacy and its Relationship to Cancer Screening Behaviors among the Personnel of Guilan University of Medical Sciences

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (Suppl) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pardis Rahmatpour ◽  
Atefeh Ghanbari ◽  
Malahat Khalili ◽  
Fatemeh barari ◽  
Narges Hossieni
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Screening Behaviors

scholarly journals Exploring the Influencing Factors of Health Literacy among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Medicina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (7) ◽  
pp. 330
Author(s):  
Hsiao-Ting Chiu ◽  
Han-Wei Tsai ◽  
Ken N. Kuo ◽  
Angela Y.M. Leung ◽  
Yao-Mao Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Literacy Survey ◽  
European Health

Background and Objectives: To investigate the health literacy (HL) among older adults in Taiwan, we referenced an existing integrated model of HL to confirm the influencing factors of HL in older adults. We propose this study to examine the personal, situational, and socioenvironmental factors influencing HL among older adults. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted at a district hospital and affiliated community center in northern Taiwan from August 2016 to May 2017. This study used the Mandarin Chinese version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (EU-Q47). We designed three models based on the three domains of HL. Model 1 assesses personal factors. Model 2 incorporates situational factors. Model 3 adds the socioenvironmental factor. Results: We recruited 161 participants aged over 65 years. Most adults in this study had limited overall HL. The final regression model revealed that age >85 years, unknown insurance status, and dominant spoken dialect of Hakka or Taiwanese were significantly associated with higher scores of HL. Conclusions: Our study results may help clinicians with early identification of older adults at high risk for poor HL and help health administrators establish geriatric policies and health education plans.

Influencing factors and determinants of health literacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Grillich ◽  
E Kostial
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Impact Model ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Scoping Reviews ◽  
Individual Determinants ◽  
Health Target ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Health literacy has demonstrable effects on health status and quality of life and is a prerequisite for health-promoting behavior. Thus, health literacy is naturally an Austrian health target. Actions to strengthen health literacy should specifically address its determinants and influencing factors. To provide the best available knowledge for this goal, we developed an impact model of how influencing factors (indirect influence) and determinants (direct influence) will lead to increased health literacy based on the best available evidence We conducted an umbrella review on systematic, narrative and scoping reviews that deal with concepts, models or definitions of health literacy. The systematic literature search in MEDLINE (Ovid/Epistemonikos) identified 256 relevant abstracts. Two authors checked the abstracts and included 32 in the full text assessment. Fourteen studies were ultimately included in the umbrella review. We extracted influencing factors, determinants, and outcomes and coded, summarized, and renamed them in an inductive approach to ensure uniform terminology. In total, we identified 10 specific influencing factors and 13 measurable determinants. A graphical impact model visualizes the causal relationships between influencing factors and determinants and how they affect the main dimensions of health literacy together: decision, appraisal, access & seek. The impact model illustrates that health literacy is prevalent when decisions are made and implemented and that strengthening health literacy is best achieved through approaches that influence the determinants at the individual and situational level. With the list of specific influencing factors and measurable determinants, the impact model presented differs from all health literacy models available to date. The impact model gives clear recommendations on which concrete influencing factors and determinants programs for strengthening health literacy should be used to aim for positive changes. Key messages Interventions to strengthen health literacy should aim to improve both situational and individual determinants. A key situational determinant is the availability of accessible, understandable and reliable health information.

Studying and comparison of health literacy among smokers and non-smokers students in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-265
Author(s):  
Rahman Panahi ◽  
Ali Ramezankhani ◽  
Mahmoud Tavousi ◽  
Aliasghar Haeri-Mehrizi ◽  
Fereshte Osmani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Medical Sciences

scholarly journals Survey of Quality of Life and Influencing Factors in Alborz University of Medical Sciences Staff

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
S. Amiri ◽  
M. Hajfiroozabadi ◽  
T. Bahrami Babaheidari ◽  
L. Sadati ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Medical Sciences

scholarly journals The Psychometric Properties of Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA) in Medical Sciences Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-58
Author(s):  
Rahman Panahi ◽  
Ali Ramezankhani ◽  
Mahmoud Tavousi ◽  
Aliasghar Haeri Mehrizi ◽  
Shamsaddin Niknami
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Medical Sciences

scholarly journals Health literacy status and its relationship with quality of life among nurses in teaching hospitals of Shiraz University Of Medical Sciences

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peivand Bastani ◽  
AliReza Yusefi ◽  
Zahra Ebrahim ◽  
Maryam Najibi ◽  
Maryam Radinmanesh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Medical Sciences
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