Original articles
LU Hua-shan, LIU Fu-xiang, XIONG Yi, ZHANG Yu-fen, NIU Jian-ben, BIAN Xiao-jie, YUE Li-qun
Objective To investigate the current health literacy of grass-roots troops at a military unit, analyze the influencing factors, and provide data for targeted health education. Methods The "National Residents' Health Literacy Monitoring Questionnaire" was issued to ordinary soldiers at a military unit to find out about their health literacy. Based on single-factor group comparison and multi-factor Logistic regression analysis, the influencing factors were identified. Results The health literacy of these soldiers was 22.81%. Literacy was the highest with basic knowledge and beliefs（37.59%）, followed by healthy lifestyles and behavior （28.44%）, and health skills （22.12%）. Literacy of the six types of problems was the highest with health information （74.99%）, followed by safety and first aid （73.98%）, awareness of health（41.27%）, basic health care（25.06%）, chronic disease prevention（22.75%） and infectious disease prevention （22.16%）. Univariate analysis showed that gender, age, levels of education, marital status, smoking status, chronic diseases, family members with chronic diseases and self-assessed health status were statistically different between different groups. The difference in the health information literacy of people with different self-assessed health status, and in the safety and first aid literacy of smokers and non-smokers was P=0.001. The difference in the literacy of groups chronic disease prevention among people with different chronic diseases was P=0.011. The difference between other was P<0.001. There were statistically significant differences in on education levels of parents, locations of families, and ethnic groups. Multi-factor Logistic regression analysis showed that gender, age, education levels, smoking status, chronic diseases, chronic diseases among family members, and self-assessed health status were independent influencing factors of health literacy. Conclusion The factors that affect health literacy include gender, age, education levels, smoking status, chronic diseases, and self-evaluated health status.
