Clark McKown, Maria Kharitonova, Nicole M Russo-Ponsaran, Beyza Aksu-Dunya
Development and Validation of a Shortened Form of SELweb EE, a Web-Based Assessment of Children's Social and Emotional Competence
Assessment
chinese government uses health literacy evaluation estimate population health status national strategic planning health literacy survey system city beijing china established 2012 triennial surveys obtain representative data whole city objective study examine results 2015 beijing health literacy survey identify population subgroups may warrant intervention due high risk adequate health literacy crosssectional study participants selected multistage stratified cluster sampling information collected 2015 facetoface interviews chinese citizen health literacy questionnaire total 12876 interviews included final analyses weighting conducted statistical analyses obtain representative estimates multiple logistic regression applied examine independent influencing factors health literacy level adequateinadequate overall 28 participants adequate health literacy urban residents higher proportion participants adequate health literacy compared rural residents 295 vs 19 p 01 women 297 higher proportion participants adequate health literacy compared men 297 vs 264 p 01 proportion participants adequate health literacy significantly different among age groups 2 3329 p 01 residents age 25 34 years highest rate adequate health literacy 339 proportion participants adequate health literacy increased participants obtained education 2 8184 p 01 residents households higher income higher rate adequate health literacy 2 4624 p 01 gender age education household income independently associated level health literacy substantial variation exists health literacy level among age groups gender groups education groups taking disparities account important developing health policies allocating resources hlrp health literacy research practice 202043e174e184 plain language summary results investigation revealed health literacy status residents beijing china highrisk population may likely low health literacy targeted health education interventions may helpful improve health literacy