Health literacy of the Poor

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12110%2F19%3A43899335" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12110/19:43899335 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.pp.fsvaz.ukf.sk/2019/09/19/health-literacy-of-the-poor/" target="_blank" >http://www.pp.fsvaz.ukf.sk/2019/09/19/health-literacy-of-the-poor/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17846/PP.2019.2.1.5-16" target="_blank" >10.17846/PP.2019.2.1.5-16</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Health literacy of the Poor

Original language description

Background: The article is aimed at pointing out that the health literacy of people living below the poverty line is at a very low level. Available research shows that there are a lot of indicators influencing health literacy. They can include age, gender, place of residence, and education, which is one of the most important indicators. Methods: The main aim of our research was to evaluate on ascertain the health literacy of representative sample of low-income population. Quantitative strategies were used for research. We used short standardized form of the Health literacy questionnaire. The data collection took place in the course of 2017 and the study included 300 respondents in total. We received 254 valid answers through purpose selection and the snowball technique and analyzed results using SPSS software. Results: The results of our study show an inadequate and problematic health literacy in 58.4% of the respondents. We compared socio-demographic indicators with health literacy and found actually a statistically significant relation between education and health literacy and between health condition and health literacy. Conclusion: We find that the health literacy should be strengthened, not only in the group in question, but in the population in general, as their health literacy is inadequate either.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Pomáhajúce profesie

ISSN

2585-9447

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

5-16

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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