A national survey of ambient air pollution health literacy among adult residents of Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the level of and covariates associated with ambient air pollution health literacy (AAPHL) among adult residents of Taiwan.

Methods

With a cross-sectional study design, we conducted telephone interviews using a Chinese version AAPHL scale, which consisted of 24 items assessing 12 subdomains of AAPHL formed by 4 information processing competence matrices (i.e., access, understand, appraise, and apply) and 3 health contexts (i.e., healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion). The AAPHL was with the lowest and highest score at 1 to 4, respectively. Between September and November 2020, a sample of 1017 and 280 adults was successfully interviewed via home phones and mobile phones, respectively. We employed multiple linear regression models to iden

SUBMITTER: Hou WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8406719 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature