OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 658-663.

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Analysis of the relationship between health literacy and health status of residents in Yancheng City

XU Hong, WANG Liping(), CHEN Xin   

  1. Yancheng Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Yancheng,Jiangsu 224002,China
  • Received:2025-06-05 Revised:2025-07-03 Online:2026-03-01 Published:2026-03-10
  • Contact: WANG Liping,E-mail:13740245@qq.com
  • About author:WANG Liping,E-mail:13740245@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective To understand the level of health literacy and health status of residents in Yancheng City,and analyze the relationship between health literacy and health status of residents. Methods From September to November in 2023,2 586 residents aged 15-69 years from 54 neighborhood committees/villages of 9 counties/districts in Yancheng City were selected by probability proportionate to size(PPS) sampling and simple random sampling. The national health literacy survey questionnaire was used for household survey,and the data were analyzed. Results The overall level of health literacy of residents in Yancheng City was 35.45%,the prevalence rates of chronic diseases and two-week were 37.70% and 25.83%,respectively,and the proportions of good, fair and poor self-reported health were 48.03%,40.91% and 11.06%,respectively. After controlling demographic characteristics, possessing knowledge and concept literacy(OR=0.760,95%CI:0.619-0.933) was a protective factor for the prevalence rates of two-week(P<0.05),possessing health skill literacy(OR=1.252,95%CI:1.038-1.511) was a protective factor for self-reported health(P<0.05). The results of multiple correspondence analysis showed that the prevalence rates of two-week,two chronic diseases,three or more chronic diseases,and poor self-reported health were correlated with very low health literacy;One chronic disease and fair self-reported health were correlated with fairly low health literacy;Whereas no illness within two weeks,no chronic diseases and good self-reported health were correlated with high health literacy. Conclusion There is a positive correlation between health literacy and health status of residents. Improving health literacy is conducive to promoting and improving the health status of residents. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of health supportive environment and popularization of health knowledge to improve the level of health literacy and health status of residents.

Key words: Health literacy, Health status, Logistic regression analysis, Multiple correspondence analysis

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