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Tập 30, số 9 2020
Health literacy among mothers of under 3 years old children at the Hanoi Medical University Clinic: A latent class analysis
Tác giả: Nguyen Thi Huong Thao, Pham Quang Thai, Do Thi Thanh Toan, Dinh Thai Son, Luu Ngoc Hoat, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, Nguyen Hai Thanh, Tran Thi Thuy Linh, Pham Thi Hong Hanh, Duong Thị Trang, Trinh Thi Mai Le, Nguyen Thi Thu Hoai, Ngo Van Tuyet, Bui Mai Thi, Le Thi Hoai Anh, Nguyen Thi Thao, Hoang Thi Ngoc Anh, Luu Ngoc Minh
Tóm tắt:
Health literacy refers to the degree to which people can access and understand health information, as well as communicate their health needs to service providers. The scale has been standardized and divided into 3 groups: Health care,
prevention of disease, health promotion. Children under 3 years have immature immunological system, which can
affect their development in the future. However, the health management, diseases treatment, and diseases prevention
of children younger than 3 years of age depend signifcantly on the health literacy of their mothers. This study aims to
describe the health literacy of mothers who have children under 3 years and some factors affecting their health literacy.
Data were collected on 389 mothers of children younger than 3 years who take their children to the vaccination clinics
at Hanoi Medical University and latent analysis was conducted to identify class of health literacy within the sample.
Three health literacy classes were identifed. The lowest mean health literacy index was within the disease prevention
dimension, where the largest number of respondents showed limited health literacy. Three distinct health literacy level
were identifed and termed low (n = 35.9%), moderate (n = 243, 62.5%) and high health literacy (n = 111, 28.5%).
We found that higher scores of Health Literacy Scores (HLS) closely correlated with higher educational levels, the job
of mothers, the age of children and the frequency of searching for health information using the internet. There were
signifcant better overall scores in HLS among parents with higher education levels (university degree or higher with
more than under high school graduated)
Summary:
Từ khóa:
Health literacy questionnaire; mother of children under 3 years old
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o200951.pdf
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