Status of health literacy among farmers in Shanghai in 2018 / 上海预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To learn the status and influencing factors of health literacy among Shanghai farmers, providing references for further health literacy intervention. Methods Subjects were selected whose occupation was filled in as farmer in health literacy monitoring of Shanghai residents in 2018. Results Among the 4 380 farmers selected, 1 878(42.88%) were males and 2 502(57.12%) were females.The overall level of health literacy among farmers was 13.42%, the proportion of their basic health concepts and knowledge, healthy lifestyle and behavior, and basic health skills being 22.28%, 15.53% and 14.45% respectively.In addition, they had health literacy in six aspectsattitude towards health, safety and first aid, health information, chronic diseases prevention and control, basic medical care and infectious diseases prevention and control; their proportions were 40.53%, 39.84%, 21.67%, 18.33%, 15.80% and 15.73%, respectively.Logistic regression analysis showed that the region and education level were the influencing factors of the health literacy among farmers. Conclusion The health literacy of farmers in Shanghai is lower than that of the city residents, and their literacy of basic health skill, primary medical care and infectious disease prevention needs to be improved.