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Health Promot Int ; 34(4): 658-667, 2019 Aug 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29648593

RESUMO

Health literacy is a public health priority which refers to individual's knowledge, motivation and competence to access, understand, appraise and apply health information to prevent disease and promote health in daily life. This study aimed to adapt European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47) into Turkish and to investigate its psychometric properties. The questionnaire was translated into Turkish by using both group translation and expert opinion methods. Forward translation-back translation method was used for language validity and the final Turkish version (HLS-TR) was formed. HLS-EU-Q47 and Health Awareness Scale (HAS) were administered to 505 respondents. The scale reliability was examined using Crohnbach's alpha coefficient and the construct validity was assessed by principal axis factoring procedure. The convergent validity was obtained by Pearson correlation coefficients between HLS-TR and HAS scores and discriminant validity was examined comparing the scores of participants who were stratified according to ages, educational status, gender, general health status and social status. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the whole scale was 0.95. Principal axis factoring extracted nine factors which eigenvalues were >1 and explained 50.01% of total variance. Factor matrix displayed that all items gave greater load in factor 1, showing that health literacy measured with one factor. Positive and significant correlation was found between HLS-TR and HAS. Significant relations were found between HLS-TR scores and selected determinants of health. This study revealed that the HLS-TR was a valid and reliable measuring instrument with appropriate psychometric characteristics.


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Letramento em Saúde , Inquéritos e Questionários , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Psicometria , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Traduções , Turquia
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Environ Health Prev Med ; 20(5): 325-31, 2015 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26002374

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OBJECTIVES: This study is aimed to find out the handwashing habits and their relations to the socio-economic variables. METHODS: The sampling is determined regarding the address-based population registration system of the country. The multi-staged stratified cluster sampling method was used. It is conducted by a face to face questionnaire with 6854 persons. 22 questions are asked whether they are washing their hands or not related to different situations, the results are graded and the "Handwashing Habits Score" (HHS) is obtained. The reasons for not handwashing were evaluated by categorizing as individual, environmental and combined reasons. RESULTS: The HHS is increasing in the older age groups (ß = 0.148, p < 0.001), females (ß = 0.306, p < 0.001), citizens of urban settlement (ß = 0.061, p < 0.001), higher education levels (ß = 0.191, p < 0.001). The reasons for not handwashing were found as 53.3 % individual, 39.2 % environmental, 7.5 % combined. The frequency of mentioning not washing hands because of the environmental reasons is getting higher in the older age groups, in the urban side, and in the higher education level (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The handwashing habits are shaped by the determinant networks which form a complex structure by intertwining individual, socio-economic and environmental factors in different sub-groups with various weights. This result might contribute to the efforts of conceptualizing the health behaviors with ecological model.


Assuntos
Desinfecção das Mãos , Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Criança , Análise por Conglomerados , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Modelos Teóricos , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Turquia , Adulto Jovem
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Cent Eur J Public Health ; 22(3): 170-4, 2014 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25438394

RESUMO

AIM: This study aims to determine the frequency of behaviour change and related factors generated in the population through the "Fighting Obesity Campaign" of the Turkish Ministry of Health. METHODS: Twelve statistical regions from NUTS-1 and 18 provinces were selected for the study sample. At least one province from each region was randomly selected, and stratawere defined as urban or rural. Of the sample selected, 2,038 respondents completed a face-to-face survey. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyse the data. Changing behaviour as result of the campaign was defined as the dependent variable. Behaviour change was defined as an individual taking at least one action to increase physical activity, calculate her/his Body Mass Index (BMI) or minimise meal portions. RESULTS: Of the sample selected, 84% of participants lived in urban areas. Of total sample selected, 49.8% were men and 50.2% were women. According to BMI categorisation, 41.4% of participants were underweight or normal weight, 34.3% were overweight and 24.3% were obese. Of the total participants, 85.2% learned about the "Fighting-Obesity Campaign" through television, 28.1% through radio, 11.0% from newspapers, 6.0% from billboards, and 19.2% from other sources. This study revealed that 28.5% of the participants adopted desired behavioural changes after exposure to the campaign. Logistic regression results demonstrated that behaviour change is greater among women, individuals living in urban settings, group of persons approving public spots, obese individuals, and among the 20-39 age group. CONCLUSION: Media campaigns may cause behavioural changes by increasing motivation to prevent obesity within the target population. Con- tinuing these campaigns can lead to success at the national level.


Assuntos
Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Promoção da Saúde/métodos , Meios de Comunicação de Massa , Obesidade/prevenção & controle , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Índice de Massa Corporal , Dieta , Exercício Físico , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Obesidade/epidemiologia , Características de Residência , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Turquia/epidemiologia , Adulto Jovem
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