Daitao Zhang|Shanshan Wu|Yi Zhang|Peng Yang|C. Raina MacIntyre|Holly Seale|Quanyi Wang
Health literacy in Beijing: an assessment of adults’ knowledge and skills regarding communicable diseases
Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control|Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control|Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control|Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control|UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney|Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control
number studies conducted date looking issue health literacy none conducted beijing china aim study evaluate communicable diseases health literacy cdhl levels beijing residents towards three key areas knowledge adoption preventative measuresbehaviours health skills structured survey undertaken beijing residents aged 18 years multistage stratified sampling approach used identify recruit residents participants excluded foreigners residents hong kong macau taiwan unable communicate mandarin questionnaire completed 11052 participants moderate accuracy rate average 613 good discrimination level average 0428 cronbachs alpha 0748 items grouped three subscales representing knowledge adoption preventative measures behaviours health skills correlations subscales total score significant p 001 three subscales correlate strongly total score mean cdhl score beijing inhabitants 1528 percentage identified adequate cdhl 41 total cdhl level residents beijing relatively low particularly residing suburbs 60 years age manual workers illiterates gender agegroup level education occupation selfreported health status region shown significantly predictive cdhl important resources dedicated improving cdhl beijing given risk emerging reemerging infectious diseases region