Survey of Health Literacy of People Referred to the Libraries of Public Libraries Foundation

Document Type : مقاله کوتاه

Authors
Masomeh Ansari 1
Eham Shahdadnejad 2
Mehrdad Khalediyan 3
Mozhdeh Salajegheh 4
1 Expert, Scientometrics, Publication and Scientometrics Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
2 MSc, Knowledge and Information Science, Institution of Public Libraries, Kerman, Iran
3 Expert, Administrative Affairs and Personnel System, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
4 Associate Professor, Library and Information Science, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, School of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Abstract
about person’s health. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of literacy among 18-50-year old people that referred to the public libraries of Kerman, Iran.Methods: Sample size determined 375 people using clustering method. Research tool was health literacy for Iranian adults (HELIA) standard assessment questionnaire (reliability was 0.89). Data were analyzed by Student's independent t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA).Results: Mean of health literacy has the highest and lowest scores in knowledge (14.9) and reading (8.5) subcomponents, respectively. Research findings, in general, showed that 24% (90 people) of clients had sufficient health literacy, 52.3% (196 people) had average health literacy and 23.7% (89 people) had weak health literacy. Therefore, health literacy level of 18-50-year old clients of libraries under coverage public libraries institution of Kerman was middle.Conclusion: In regard to the middle level of health literacy, creating and presenting valid and up-to-date hygienic content of health centers could be effective in promoting the public health literacy level of society.

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Health Information Management
Volume 14, Issue 5 - Serial Number 5
Autumn 2017
Pages 224-227