Investigating Health Literacy and its Influencing Factors in Medical and Dental Students of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences
| Title: | Investigating Health Literacy and its Influencing Factors in Medical and Dental Students of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences |
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| Authors: | I Bazyar, M Hajariyan, SF Zinatmotlagh, N Roustaei, S Ghaderi |
| Source: | Armaghane Danesh Bimonthly Journal, Vol 29, Iss 3, Pp 432-443 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | Yasuj University Of Medical Sciences, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) |
| Subject Terms: | health literacy, dental students, medical students, Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| More Details: | Background & aim: Health literacy expresses the capacity of a person to obtain, interpret and understand the necessary information for needed services and appropriate decisions in the field of health. In Iran, there is conflicting information about the health literacy status of people, especially medical and dental students, as well as the opinion that these students will enter the medical community later and it is necessary to check their literacy level; Therefore, in the present research, the level of health literacy of dental and medical students of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences was evaluated. Methods: The present descriptive-cross-sectional study was conducted on 171 students of dentistry and medicine at Yasuj University of Medical Sciences in 2022. The sample size was selected by systematic random method and using Cochran's formula. The Health Literacy Questionnaire of Montazeri and colleagues (HELIA) was used to collect information. The data was analyzed using SPSS ver. 25 software and a significance level of 0.05. Results: Out of 171 students participating in the present study, 83 were male and 88 were female. Thirty-three of the participants were studying dentistry and 138 were studying medicine. 75.4% of students had sufficient health literacy and 6.4% had excellent health literacy. Based on the results, there was no statistically significant difference between the health literacy of dental and medical students of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences in terms of gender, being married or single, economic status and place of residence. According to the, entry year and age, there was a statistically significant difference (P |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | Persian |
| ISSN: | 1728-6506 1728-6514 |
| Relation: | http://armaghanj.yums.ac.ir/article-1-3450-en.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1728-6506; https://doaj.org/toc/1728-6514 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/f68e0de9533f4581bfa657c981753b48 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.f68e0de9533f4581bfa657c981753b48 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 17286506 17286514 |
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| Published in: | Armaghane Danesh Bimonthly Journal |
| Language: | Persian |