Beloved Masava, Champion N Nyoni, Yvonne Botma
Standards for Scaffolding in Health Sciences Programmes: A Delphi Consensus Study
Journal of medical education and curricular development
objective investigate understanding infectious diseases prevention control factors influencing literacy among urban rural residents zhejiang province methods november december 2014 multistage stratified cluster sampling questionnaire administered study sites eight districts zhejiang province hangzhou city gongshu district hangzhou city chunan county wenzhou city cangnan county dongyang city jiaxing city jiashan county zhoushan city putuo district linhai city lishui city jinyun county inclusion criteria 1560 years old living locally six continuous months mental illness exclusion criteria foreigner residing locally resident hong kong macau taiwan unable communicate speech writing study 4 091 questionnaires distributed 4 020 valid questionnaires returned9826 health literacy regarding infectious diseases measured five levels knowledge skills behaviors access information understanding prevention infectious diseases total score calculated questionnaire total score 80 deemed indicate understanding prevention infectious diseases 2 test used compare levels health literacy different populations singlefactor analyses multivariate unconditional logistic regression model used analyze factors affecting infectious diseases prevention treatment literacy levels results 4 020 respondentsaged4384 1028years 1 964 male4886and 2 056 female5114 total surveyed population 1517n610understood prevention infectious diseases 294 male1497and 316 female15372248 p0115 participants different age groups analyzed 2311 2029 1327 1104 aged 18 29n116 30 39n 166 40 49n178 50 yearsn150 respectively understood infectious disease prevention2 6316 p0001 participants analyzed according education 4601 2486 1203 527 239 educated universityn167 high schoolvocational schoolcollegen175 middle schooln215 elementary schooln46 illiterateslightly literaten7 respectively understood infectious disease prevention243667 p0001 among urbann336and rural participantsn274 1898 1218 understood infectious disease prevention respectively2 3557 p0001 urban residents better health literacy rural residentsor128 95 ci 106 154 aged 18 29 30 39 years even better health literacy rural residentsor139 95ci101191 health literacy levels migrant workers compared agencyinstitutional personnel business people unemployed retirees or95 civalues 252182349 169124230 299165539 243159372 respectively illiterateslightly literate compared educated university high schoolvocational schoolsecondary school junior high school or95civalues 351115737836 13316112899 5372481162 respectively conclusion limited levels health literacy common among residents zhejiang province lower education level older age rural residence predictors low health literacy study