NDLI: Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Promoting Behaviors among the Urban Adult Population.

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Assessment of Health Literacy and Health Promoting Behaviors among the Urban Adult Population.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Ranjbaran, Soheila Chollou, Khalil Maleki Babazadeh, Towhid
Copyright Year	2022
Abstract	BackgroundThe main criteria of health determinants are Health Promoting Behaviors (HPBs) and Health Literacy (HL). This study aimed to assess HL and HPBs among the urban population of adults.MethodsThis study was conducted as a cross-sectional study with 379 adults in Iran. The inclusion criteria was that participants were randomly selected from health centers using health records. Data were collected by demographic information questionnaire, Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA) and Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II). Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, and Pearson's r correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. Also, the hierarchical regression analysis was used to adjust for confounders.ResultsThere was a significant association between HL and demographic factors, including age, gender and education level. HL dimensions were significantly correlated with HPBs of adults (p <0.05). Decision-making was the strongest HL dimension to predictive HPBs (β=0.606). In this study, 49.7% of the variation in HPBs is predicted by the HL, and the demographic characteristics.ConclusionsIt can be advantageous to design programs to promote HL and HPBs in adults, focusing on the aging group, gender, and education level.
ISSN	10291857
Journal	Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
Volume Number	32
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9554777
Issue Number	5
PubMed reference number	36262704
e-ISSN	24137170
DOI	10.4314/ejhs.v32i5.14
Language	English
Publisher	Research and Publications Office of Jimma University
Publisher Date	2022-09-01
Publisher Place	Jimma, Ethiopia
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. © 2022 Soheila R, et al.
Subject Keyword	Health Literacy Health Promoting Behaviors Adults Iran
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine

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