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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Year 2017, Volume: 9 Issue: 22, 194 - 206, 31.12.2017
https://doi.org/10.20875/makusobed.307031

Abstract

Health literacy
and media literacy are important indicators for development a region. Aim of
the study was to determine the health and media literacy levels of people and
the relationship between two types of literacy in Mut County, Mersin/Turkey. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among
275 people using a standard questionnaire. The questionnaire includes
respondent’s socio-demographic background, media literacy level determination
scale and SOYA-AB scale. It was
found that general index score for health
literacy was 35.99 in Mut province. It was determined that 10% of the participants
were “inadequate”, 27 % of them were problematical and % 23 of the respondents
was excellent in term of general health literacy. Total media literacy level of
the participants was 3.89. A positive and medium level relationship was found
between health literacy and media literacy levels. The participants had an
average knowledge on the health and media literacy level in Mut province. 

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Year 2017, Volume: 9 Issue: 22, 194 - 206, 31.12.2017
https://doi.org/10.20875/makusobed.307031

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  • 8. REF¬ERENCES Aktı S, Gürol A (2012), “Determining the relationship between media literacy and social skills, procedia”, Social and Behavioral Sciences, 64, (238 – 43), doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.028 Altun, A. (2009), “Eğitim Bilim Açısından Seçmeli Medya Okuryazarlığı Dersi Programına Eleştirel Bir Yaklaşım”, Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt 10, Sayı 3, (97-109). Balçık Yalçın, Pınar, Taşkaya, Serap, Şahin Bayram (2014), “Sağlık Okur-Yazarlığı”, TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin, 13(4), (321-326). Bohlman L.N, Panzer A.M, Kindig D.A (2004), “Health Literacy”, (Ed) Committee on Health Literacy, The Natıonal Academies Press. Washington. https://www.nap.edu/read/10883/chapter/1 (Date of access: 10.08.206). De Walt D.A, Berkman N.D, Sheridan S, Lohr K.N, Pignone M.P. (2004), “Literacy and health outcomes a systematic review of the literatüre”, Journal Gen Intern Med, 19, (1228–1239). Geçkil T, Tikici M (2016), “Hospital employees' organizational democracy perceptions and its effects on organizational citizenship behaviors”, Asian Pacific J. Health Science, 3 (2), (123-136). Gönenç İ.M (2015). “Kadın Sağlığı Açısından Sağlık okuryazarlığı”, (Ed) F. Yıldırım ve A. Keser, Sağlık Okuryazarlığı, Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara, (61-75). Hobbs R (2004), The seven great debates in the media literacy movement, Çev: Melike Türkân Bağlı, Journal of Communication, Ankara University, Journal of Faculty of Educational Sciences, 37 (1), (122-40). İnceoğlu Y. (2006). “Medyayı doğru okumak, Medya Okuryazarlığı”, (Ed) N. Türkoğlu, Marmara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi, Türkiye, (4-7). Karaman M. K., Karataş A. (2009), “Öğretmen adaylarının medya okuryazarlık düzeyleri”, Elementary Education Online, 8(3), (798-808). Keser, Alev, Çıracıoğlu Eylül Damla (2015), “Sağlık Ve Beslenme Okuryazarlığı” (Ed) F. Yıldırım ve A. Keser, Sağlık okuryazarlığı, Ankara Üniversitesi yayınevi, Ankara, (39-61). Nacaroğlu D (2006), “Etkin bir medya okur-yazarlığı için yerel olanak ya da olanaksızlıklar”, (Ed.) N. Türkoğlu, Medya Okuryazarlığı, Marmara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi, Türkiye, (79-87). Nutbeam D (1998), “Health promotion glossary”, Health Promotion International,13(4), (349-64). Önal İ. (2010), “Lifelong learning and literacy in process of historical change: A Turkish experience”, Bilgi Dünyası, 11 (1), (101-121). Özsoy, A. (2010), “Türkiye’de Kentli Çekirdek Ailelerin Medya Okuryazarı Olabilirliği Üzerine Bir Alan Araştırması”, Erciyes İletişim Dergisi, Cilt 1, Sayı 3, (47-58). RTÜK (2012), Medya Okuryazarlığı Dersi Araştırması. Kamuoyu, Yayın Araştırmaları ve Ölçme Dairesi Başkanlığı, Ankara. Sümbüloğlu, Kadir, Sümbüloğlu, Vildan (2007), Biyoistatistik, Hatiboğlu Yayıncılık, Ankara. Şenocak, Mustafa Ş. (2014), Biyoistatistik ve Araştırma Yöntembilimi, İstanbul Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul Tanrıöver, Mine Durusu, Yıldırım, Hasan Hüseyin, Demiray Ready, F. Nihan, Çakır, Banu, Akalın, H. Erdal (2014), “Türkiye Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Araştırması”, Sağlık ve Sosyal Hizmet Çalışanları Sendikası Yayınları-25, Ankara. Tabachnick B.G., Fidell L.S. (2013), Using Multivariate Statistics (sixth ed.), Pearson Publishing, Boston. Tov E.Y., Marino B., Pai J., Harris D., Wolf M. (2016), “The Effect of Limited Health Literacy on How Internet Users Learn About Diabetes”, Journal of Health Communication, 21(10), (1107-1114), DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2016.1222033. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2008), International literacy statistics: A review of concepts, methodology, and current data, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Montreal, Canada. UNESCO (1978), Records of the General Conference. 20th Session, Vol. 1. Paris. Veronica C. Bond. (2011), What We Talk About When We Talk About Literacy: A Look into the Value, Measurement, and Power Hierarchy of Literacy, Master of Arts in English Thesis. Yurttaş U.Ö., Şişman, B. (2012), “The role of nongovernmental organizations and mass media on creating environmental literacy awareness”, Journal of History Culture and Art Research, Revue des Recherches en Histoire Culture et Art, 1(4), (445-457), DOI: 10.7596/taksad.v1i4. Yom-Tov Elad, Marino Barbara, Pai Jennifer, Harris Dawn & Wolf Michael (2016), “The Effect of Limited Health Literacy on How Internet Users Learn About Diabetes”, Journal of Health Communication, 21 (10), (1107-1114), DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2016.1222033.
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Şerife Didem Kaya

Ayhan Uludağ This is me

Publication Date December 31, 2017
Submission Date April 19, 2017
Acceptance Date November 21, 2017
Published in Issue Year 2017 Volume: 9 Issue: 22

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APA Kaya, Ş. D., & Uludağ, A. (2017). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ. Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 9(22), 194-206. https://doi.org/10.20875/makusobed.307031