Health literacy status of students in a vocational high school of Guizhou province / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To research the status of health literacy among a vocational high school in Guizhou province ,and provide the evidence for health education for the students in this school .Methods Independent design a health literacy questionnaire based on Chinese citizens′health literacy questionnaire in 2008 ,and random sampling 380 students from freshman to senior of this school to investigation in November ,2012 .Results 78 .35% of the students in this school had a basic health knowledge ,39 .57% students had a healthy lifestyle and behaviors ,and 66 .61% students had a sense of the basic literacy skills .The difference was statistically significant among the three items(F=651 .710 ,P0 .05) ,meanwhile ,there was no difference in health quotient on household registration and gender students .With the increase of school age ,student health literacy level was reduced ,the difference was statistically significant (F=3 .657 ,P<0 .05) .Conclusion The health literacy of lifestyle and behavior of students in this school is poor .Education should be targeted to develop healthy habits .As for the junior and senior students ,the school should enhance the health education intensity to improve the health literacy .