Association between Municipal Health Promotion Volunteers' Health Literacy and Their Level of Outreach Activities in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the association between health literacy and levels of three types of core activities among health promotion volunteers (developing a healthy lifestyle, outreach to family, and outreach to community members).

Study design

A cross-sectional, anonymous, self-administered postal survey of registered health promotion volunteers in the Konan area in Shiga Prefecture in Japan, conducted in January 2010. The study sample was 575 registered health promotion volunteers.

Methods

The survey collected data on health literacy, gender, age, education, self-rated health, perceptions about the volunteer organization, and perceptions of recognition in the community. The level of engagement in health promotion activities was measured by the extent to which the part

SUBMITTER: Taguchi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5063291 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature