Monitoring Analysis Of Urban And Rural Residents’ Health Literacy In Guangxi Province And Factor Analysis On Health Literacy

[Objectives]To understand the health literacy level of urban and rural residents in Guangxi Province, and provide the evidences for decision-making for health care, health education and health promotion.[Methods] Stratified multistage cluster and PPS sampling methods were adopted in the surveillance, residents aged 15-69 years from 16 monitoring points were investigated.[Results] The overall level of adjusted health literacy (AHL) among urban and rural residents of Guangxi Province in 2012 was 7.35%,there is significant difference between urban and rural areas and gender; above 25 years old, literacy level decreases with age increasing; the higher culture degree, the higher the level of health literacy. Health literacy level of three aspects are:basic health skills 8.99%, life style and behavior 10.54% and basic knowledge and concepts12.38%, respectively, health literacy level of three aspects, urban is higher than rural areas (P<0.05); The crowd literacy level is the lowest to 69 year old age group and illiterate / literacy little group.The health literacy rate of six health issues as safety and first aid, scientific view of health, prevention of communicable diseases, health information, basic medical care and prevention of chronic diseases are 36.53%、23.84%、16.24%、13.42%、9.19% and 8.15%, the six health problems of literacy, urban is higher than rural areas (P＜0.05), whose characteristics appears in different social demographic characteristics of the crowd and general literacy and three aspects of health literacy level are of the basic agreement. In general, the overall level of the crowd and general literacy、three aspects of health literacy level、the six health problems of literacy among urban and rural residents of Guangxi Province in 2012 is less than The national average in 2012 and the national average in 2012 in eastern and Central, while is higher than 2008 average in Guangxi and The national average in 2012 in western. Multivariate regression analysis showed that sex、 educational level、profession were factors for The level of health literacy(odds ratio was 1.387、1.795),The health literacy of civil servants, teachers, medical personnel, other departments and institutions is higher than students, farmers, workers and other corporate officers, other.[Conclusion]The level of health literacy of urban and rural residents in Guangxi Province is at a low level, especially in basic health skills and basic medical care literacy, and combined system of improving urban and rural residents’ health literacy in Guangxi Province should be set up.