Changing trend and influencing factors of health literacy among residents in Ningbo from 2015 to 2019 / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To learn the health literacy status, trend and associated factors of Ningbo residents from 2015 to 2019, so as to provide basis for developing health policies and interventions. @*Methods@#The monitoring data of health literacy of Ningbo residents from 2015 to 2019 was collected. The health literacy level was calculated and standardized by the population data of the sixth national census of Ningbo in 2010; five-year absolute growth and growth rate were used to reflect the changing trend. Multivariate logistic regression model was employed to analyze the influencing factors for the health literacy level. @*Results@#The health literacy levels from 2015 to 2019 were 15.44%, 21.73%, 22.41%, 27.60% and 30.03%, with an annual increase trend ( P<0.05 ). The five-year absolute growth and growth rate were 14.59% and 94.49%. The Results of multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that the year ( OR=1.158, 95%CI 1.132-1.184 ), age ( 25-<35岁 years, OR=1.235, 95%CI 1.039-1.468; 35-<45岁 years, OR=1.416, 95%CI 1.193-1.681; 45-<55岁 years, OR=1.221, 95%CI 1.024-1.455 ) , education level ( primary school, OR=1.790, 95%CI 1.461-2.195; junior high school, OR=2.574, 95%CI 2.102-3.154; high school/vocational high school/technical secondary school, OR=4.863, 95%CI 3.943-5.998; college or above, OR=8.829, 95%CI 7.109-10.965 ) , urban areas ( OR=0.934, 95%CI 0.874-0.998 ) and occupation ( farmers, OR=0.692, 95%CI 0.608-0.787; workers, OR=0.746, 95%CI 0.664-0.837; enterprise staff, OR=0.822, 95%CI 0.745-0.906; others, OR=1.106, 95%CI 1.009-1.211 ) were the influencing factors for health literacy level. @*Conclusion@# The health literacy level of Ningbo residents shows an upward trend from 2015 to 2019, which are associated with age, education level, area and occupation.