The Investigation and Analysis of Health Literacy of Normal College Students in Hubei Province

Objectives To understand the present situation of college students' health literacy and providing instruction for carrying out health education in the future. Methods Using the questionnaire of Chinese citizens health literacy in 2008.1 665 college students in Hubei were selected for the investigation.The survey data was comprehensive analyzed. Results Of university category,the influence of health level between different universities in health literacy basic knowledge,healthy lifestyle and behavior and health literacy basic skill level difference was statistically significant(χ2 =19.91,P0.001).The influence of social gender on health literacy levels,the disparity of health literacy basic knowledge in different levels between the sexes have significant statistically differences(χ2=87.71,P0.001).A healthy lifestyle and behavior and health literacy basic skills and the difference between the theories of health were statistically significant(χ2=87.71,P0.001).Different type of health literacy level registered permanent residence,the influence of three aspects in health literacy the difference was not statistically significant(χ2=0.016,P=0.99). Conclusions The health literacy level of university students is low,the influence is healthy literacy level of many factors,such as gender,such as different types colleges,different account type,such as carrying out health literacy among college students to improve education imperative,the health level of the Chinese nation have very important significance.