Rahman Panahi|Peyman Namdar|Fatemeh Samiei Siboni|Somayeh Fallah|Mohammad Anbari|Leila Dehghankar|Leili Yekefallah|Mahya Shafaei
Association between health literacy and adopting preventive behaviors of breast cancer in Iran
Qazvin University of Medical Sciences|Tarbiat Modares University|Qazvin University of Medical Sciences|Qazvin University of Medical Sciences|Qazvin University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Qazvin University of Medical Sciences|Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
background health literacy plays important role adopting preventive behaviors considering relatively high prevalence breast cancer women study aimed assess association health literacy adopting preventive behavior breast cancer iranmethods descriptive crosssectional study 375 female students imam khomeini international university qazvin academic year 20182019 selected stratified random sampling method demographic background questionnaire standard questionnaire health literacy iranian adults addition another questionnaire measuring breast cancer preventive behaviors used collecting data data analyzed using spss 22 using descriptive statistics logistic regressionresults mean breast cancer preventive behaviors health literacy 892 182 16 7080 1249 100 regression results showed statistically significant association adoption breast cancer preventive behaviors physical activity p 0001 health literacy p 0018 accordingly chance adopting preventive behaviors good level among students rare without physical activity 0105 0100 times respectively students physical activity daily basis moreover chance among students adequate adequate health literacy 1802 2169 times students inadequate health literacyconclusion results indicated students lower levels health literacy less physical activity shown less tendency adopt preventive behaviors breast cancer therefore special attention paid health literacy hl particularly physical activity application health information assessment students designing educational programs prevent breast cancer