Investigation And Countermeasure Research On College Students’ TCM Health Care Literacy In Changchun City

Objective: This paper investigates college students in Changchun from general information,basic knowledge and concept of TCM health care,healthy lifestyle and behavior,health care content and health care methods,understands their current situation of TCM health care literacy,analyzes the influencing factors,and puts forward countermeasures and suggestions to improve the level of TCM health care literacy of college students in Changchun,improve their ability to use TCM health care knowledge to deal with health problems,and play an active role in maintaining and promoting their own health,thereby enhancing the quality of TCM health care for all people,better spreading Chinese medicine culture and inheriting the quintessence of the country.Methods:This study belongs to a cross-sectional study.The full-time students in three comprehensive colleges and a Chinese medicine college in Changchun are selected as the research objects,and the questionnaire is designed according to the characteristics of college students in China to understand the current situation of Chinese medicine health care literacy of college students in Changchun.Spss20.0 was used for statistical analysis,and the frequency,composition ratio,mean value and standard deviation were used to describe the general data of the research object and the current situation of TCM health care literacy.Single factor analysis was used to compare the differences of TCM health care literacy among the respondents in general demographic data;The influencing factors were analyzed by Logistic regression.Results:A total of 1200 questionnaires were distributed in this survey,and 1156 questionnaires were recovered,of which 1077 were valid,with an effective rate of 89.8%.The total Cronbach’s α coefficient of the questionnaire is 0.933,and the coefficients of each dimension are 0.88 ～ 0.916,so the internal consistency of the questionnaire is good.1.The overall level of TCM health care literacy of college students in Changchun City,Jilin Province is 50.2%.The four-dimensional level of TCM health care literacy is: the basic knowledge and concept level of TCM health care literacy is the highest,which is 93.8%;The level of healthy lifestyle and behavior literacy is 53.9%;The content literacy level of health care is 39.6%;The literacy level of health care methods is the lowest,accounting for 14.8%.2.Univariate analysis shows that there are significant differences in literacy levels among different genders,majors,grades,whether they have received TCM health care education,whether they have received TCM health care,and whether their immediate family members are engaged in TCM or medical related work(P < 0.05).Multi-factor Logistics regression analysis shows that gender,major,whether they have received education related to TCM health care,whether they have relatives engaged in TCM or medical related work,and whether they have received TCM health care are the influencing factors of Changchun college students’ TCM health care literacy level.Conclusion:1.The overall level of TCM health care literacy of college students in Changchun City is 50.2%,which is 8.55% higher than that of citizens in China in 2016.However,the literacy level of TCM health care methods is the lowest in the four dimensions,and the practical application of TCM health care still needs to be improved.Therefore,the publicity of TCM health care should be strengthened,especially the publicity and education of practical application methods and practices.2.The main influencing factors of Changchun college students’ TCM health care literacy are gender,major,whether they have received TCM health care-related education,whether they have relatives engaged in TCM or medical related work and whether they have received TCM health care.We should take measures from the above aspects to improve Changchun college students’ TCM health care literacy level.