Research on Health Literacy and Its Influencing Factors of College Students in Henan Province

Objective To investigate the status of health literacy and analyze the influencing factors of college students in Henan province,providing the basis for intervening measures to enhance the level of health literacy. Methods A total of 645 college students were enrolled by convenient sampling. General questionnaire and the 2008 Chinese national survey questionnaire of health literacy were applied. The SPSS 17. 0 software was conducted to analyze data. Results The average awareness rates of overall health literacy,basic knowledge and concepts literacy,healthy lifestyles and behavior literacy and health skills literacy were 22. 3% 、33.8% 、24. 5% and 65. 1%,respectively. After adopting hundred-mark system,the scores of overall health literacy,basic knowledge and concepts literacy,healthy lifestyles and behavior literacy and health skills literacy were 68. 33( 13. 14) 、33. 33( 7. 93) 、28. 54( 6.30) and 6.46( 1.62). Factors influencing college students' health literacy were gender,educational background,professional and student nationalities,with educational background and professional entering in the Logistic regression model. Conclusions The level of health literacy of college students in Henan province was low. According to influencing factors,school authorities should formulate customized measures to enhance the level of health literacy of college students in Henan province.