Rahman Panahi|Fereshteh Osmani|Keyhan Javanmardi|Ali Ramezankhani|Leila Dehghankar|Roohola Amini|Ali Asghar Haeri Mehrizi|Mohiadin Amjadian|Mohamad Anbari|Nooshin Hosseini
The relationship between different levels of health literacy and smoking prevention among medical sciences student
Tarbiat Modares University|Birjand University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Qazvin University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research|Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research|Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences|University of Tehran|Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
higher rates smoking among university students reported various studies hand health literacy hl improve health behaviors fact identifying factors affecting adoption smoking preventive behaviors hl help prevent reduce prevalence smoking among people aim study identify relationship different levels hl adoption smoking preventive behaviors among university student 2016this crosssectional descriptive study three hundred fortyseven dormitory students shahid beheshti university medical sciences iran selected singlestage cluster sampling study data collected using measure hl hl inventory adultshelia designed questionnaire assess adoption smoking preventive behaviors data analyzed using spss software version 16 descriptive statistical logistic regression testthe mean sd score adoption smoking preventive behaviors hl 4591 1299 7052 1412 100 respectively results showed adoption smoking preventive behaviors significant relationship variables hl gender fathers education smoking p 005less adoption smoking preventive behaviors seen students lower levels hl female students students illiterate fathers smokers therefore seems essential take factors consideration designing preventive programs smoking target groups