Win Myint Oo|Win Khaing|Kyaw Swa Mya|M. Soltan Moh
Health literacy - is it useful in prevention of behavioral risk factors of NCDs?
University Of Medicine 1 Yangon|University of Medicine Mandalay|University Of Medicine 1 Yangon|University Of Medicine 1 Yangon
background health literacy means cognitive social skills person determine ability access understand use health information maintain promote health people need understand use health information order choose healthy lifestyle take advantage preventive measures occurrence consequences ncds related unhealthy life styles insight relationship health literacy modifiable behavioral risk factors ncds may support prevention control diseasesmethods crosssectional study conducted among 1367 adults multistage random sampling used data entry analysis done using stata 110 statistical package multiple logistic regression analysis applied assess association health literacy behavioral risk factorsresults proportion participants reported ever smoking ever alcohol drinking notpracticing dailyexercise 198 162 852 respectively prevalence satisfactory level health literacy 315 health literacy significantly related behavioral risk factors even age sex education status monthly households expenditure adjusted improving health literacy status adults satisfactory level prevalence ever smoking ever drinking notpracticing daily exercise among would reduced 34 321 389 respectivelyconclusions health literacy status community assessed monitored improved health literacy may effective tool prevention control ncds preventive effect modifiable behavioral risk factors