Health literacy of the Poor

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Health literacy of the Poor

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Health literacy of the Poor

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30304 - Public and environmental health

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Pomáhajúce profesie

ISSN

2585-9447

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

2

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

5-16

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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