Shirin Barzanjeh Atri|Mohammad Hasan Sahebihagh|Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi|Mojgan Behshid|Mostafa Ghasempour|Fariba Abri
The relationship between health literacy and stages of change in smoking behavior among employees of educational health centers of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (2016)
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences|Iranshahr University|Tabriz University of Medical Sciences|Iranshahr University|Tabriz University of Medical Sciences|Tabriz University of Medical Sciences|Tabriz University of Medical Sciences|Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
background health literacy considered predictor starting maintaining stop smoking however relations well documented previous texts therefore purpose study investigate relation health literacy changes behavior smoking tabriz university medical sciences methods correlational descriptive study total 297 employees tabriz health centers examined collect data demographicsocial questionnaire iranian health literacy questionnaire diclementes behavior change questionnaire used besides spss 13 software significance level 005 employed analyze data results average health literacy rate participants 70 respondents adequate health literacy nearly 411 precontemplation phase one stages behavior change positive significant statistical relation behavior change variable health literacy areas except scope understanding total health literacy score p 0011 r 0147 results ordinal regression analysis demonstrated significant positive relationship score health literacy behavioral change b 0019 95 confidence interval 00100029 p 0001 conclusions improving level health literacy lead change peoples behavior relation tobacco consumption however due lack relevant texts need studies field