Mahnaz Solhi|Hanieh Jormand
Assessment of health literacy of municipal employees in Shemiranat, Iran
Iran University of Medical Sciences|Hamedan University of Medical Sciences
background health literacy one major determinants health promotion among individuals within societyobjective present study aimed determine health literacy status office employees shemiranat using native instruments health literacy iranian adults heliamethods present descriptiveanalytical crosssectional study done 201617it conducted 360 office employees shemiranatthe samples selected using multistage simple random sampling methoddata collection tools study included helia questionnairethe data imported spss v18 software analyzed using descriptive statistical indices mean sd number percentage inferential statistics chisquare pearsons correlation coefficient spearmans correlation coefficient kruskalwallis testwritten informed consent obtained employees participating study assured confidentialityalso informed participation voluntaryresults mean standard deviation total health literacy score among studied individuals 125991601the mean score health literacy areas reading 1536289and evaluation 50128among studied individuals lower dimensions health literacybased chisquare test statistically significant relationship health literacy education level occupational rank work place work experience p00001 casesthe individuals medium good levels health literacy acquired healthrelated information internet friends relatives physicians health staffconclusion health literacy status sufficient among studied staffthus recommended perform promotional interventions order improve health literacy status dimensions among staff