Health literacy levels of the workers in a steel factory: A cross sectional study in Turkey
| العنوان: | Health literacy levels of the workers in a steel factory: A cross sectional study in Turkey |
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| المؤلفون: | Tugba Caliskan, Gamze Akyol, Candan Kendir, Gulin Boztas Demir, Mehtap Kartal |
| المصدر: | Kontakt. 20:e381-e385 |
| بيانات النشر: | University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Health (social science), Public Administration, Cross-sectional study, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychological intervention, Health literacy, 030210 environmental & occupational health, 03 medical and health sciences, Philosophy, 0302 clinical medicine, Health promotion, Work (electrical), Scale (social sciences), Environmental health, Realm, 030212 general & internal medicine, General Health Questionnaire, Psychology, General Nursing, Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| الوصف: | © 2018 Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceHealth literacy is important as it shows the degree to which a person understands and interprets medical information and makes the appropriate health decision. The workers of steel factories are often faced with health information and issues in their work place related to personal protection, occupational hazards and occupational injuries. Therefore, it is important to demonstrate the health literacy of the workers to ensure health literacy responsive work places. This paper aims to show the health literacy level of the steel factory male workers in Turkey. In this study, in order to measure the health literacy level of men, REALM and NVS scales were used. Additionally, questions related to socio-demographics and the health information sources and General Health Questionnaire were applied. For the analysis, chi-square and ANOVA tests were used. Of the participants, the mean age was 34.9 ± 8.8 (min.–max. = 18–53), the mean scores were 64.0 ± 2.1, 3.2 ± 1.2, and 1.5 ± 0.8, respectively for REALM, NVS and GHQ scales. According to REALM scale, 8.1% (n = 20) of the workers had limited health literacy. Whereas, in the NVS scale, 5.7% (n = 14) had inadequate health literacy, and 55.1 % (n = 136) had limited health literacy. At least one of every ten workers had limited or inadequate health literacy level. The results should be taken into consideration by the healthcare providers and policymakers while implementing health promotion interventions to increase the health literacy level of the workers. |
| تدمد: | 1804-7122 1212-4117 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0e997bdcd42c8e1e46614700dae80628 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kontakt.2018.09.004 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....0e997bdcd42c8e1e46614700dae80628 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 18047122 12124117 |
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