了解男性的健康素养:一个横截面调查
Ruth Mursa1,2, Christopher Patterson3,4, Gemma McErlean3,4,5
1School of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia. ram701@uowmail.edu.au.
BMC public health
|July 6, 2024
概括
澳大利亚男性表现出不同的健康素养,在评估健康信息和导航医疗保健系统方面存在挑战. 年龄,收入和地理位置等因素会影响这些分数,为更好的健康参与策略提供信息.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生识字研究 研究 卫生识字研究
- 男人的健康 男人的健康
背景情况:
- 一般来说,男性的预期寿命较短,预防性卫生服务的利用率也较低.
- 男人不愿意寻求专业的健康建议,需要了解他们的健康素养.
- 这项研究重点关注澳大利亚男性的健康素养及其影响特征.
研究的目的:
- 探索澳大利亚男性的健康素养水平.
- 确定与男性健康素养相关的人口统计和生活方式因素.
- 为改善男性参与医疗保健和预防服务的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 对来自新南威尔士州农村消防局的431名成年男性进行了横截面的在线调查.
- 收集的数据包括人口统计,健康状况,生活方式风险和健康素养,使用44项健康素养问卷 (HLQ).
- 描述性和推断性统计学 (曼-惠特尼U,克鲁斯卡尔-瓦利斯) 用于分析数据和探索关系.
主要成果:
- 最低的健康素养分数是"评估健康信息" (平均2.81) 和"导航医疗保健系统" (平均3.74).
- "感觉得到医疗服务提供者的理解和支持" (平均3.08) 和"理解健康信息足以知道该做什么" (平均4.10) 的得分最高.
- 年龄,收入水平和城市/农村位置与健康素养尺度有显著的关联.
结论:
- 这项研究为澳大利亚男性的健康素养提供了新的见解.
- 确定影响健康素养的因素可以指导制定有针对性的健康促进战略.
- 这些发现可以提高男性对基本卫生服务和预防性护理计划的参与度.
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