Measuring health literacy regarding infectious respiratory diseases: a new skills-based instrument.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no special instrument to measure skills-based health literacy where it concerns infectious respiratory diseases. This study aimed to explore and evaluate a new skills-based instrument on health literacy regarding respiratory infectious diseases.

Methods

This instrument was designed to measure not only an individual's reading and numeracy ability, but also their oral communication ability and their ability to use the internet to seek information. Sixteen stimuli materials were selected to enable measurement of the skills, which were sourced from the WHO, China CDC, and Chinese Center of Health Education. The information involved the distribution of epidemics, immunization programs, early symptoms, means of disease prevention, individual's preventative beha

SUBMITTER: Sun X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3665814 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature