In order to create healthy societies today,
individuals need to understand, develop and apply health information. In this
context, the question of whether there is a relationship between health
literacy level and lifestyle behaviors of individuals constitutes the research
problem. A questionnaire consisting of three parts was used as a data
collection tool. The first part of the questionnaire consisted of a personal
information form, the second part included the Adult Health Literacy Scale and
the third part included the Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale. The study was
conducted on 18.03.2019 and 10.04.2019 in a vocational school in Kastamonu with
149 students based on the questionnaire system. SPSS statistics (v.22) package
program was used in the data analysis of the study. Mann-Whitney U test,
Kruskall Wallis test and correlation analysis and frequency analysis were
performed.
There was a positive but weak relationship between
health responsibility, physical activity, psychological development dimensions,
healthy lifestyle behaviour scale and adult health literacy scale. There was
also a positive but weak correlation between general health lifestyle behaviors
and adult health literacy. According to these results, as health literacy
increases, it can be said that healthy lifestyle behaviors show a positive
development.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Health Care Administration |
Journal Section | Orginal Research |
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Publication Date | October 27, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 5 Issue: 9 |