The Health Literacy of Employees in Educational-Rehabilitation Centers Affiliated to The Welfare Organization

Background and Objective: Health literacy provides the capacity and basic understanding of health information and services for individuals to make health decisions. This study aimed to determine the health literacy of employees in educational-rehabilitation centers affiliated to the Welfare Organization of Hamadan province in ۲۰۱۹.   Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on ۱۰۶ participations. Sampling was done by censuses method. Data was collected with the test of functional health literacy in adults (TOFHLA) and demographic questionnaire, and analyzed by, ANOVA, chi-squared tests via SPSS software version ۲۱.   Results: The mean age of participants was ۳۴.۲۵± ۸.۱۹ years in females and ۳۴.۴۴± ۸.۶۰ years in males, and ۹۰.۵۷% were female, and ۶۶.۹۸% of them were married. The health literacy score was ۶۵.۹۰ ± ۲۱.۱۰, and ۳۲.۲۹% of females and۴۰% of males were at an adequate level of health literacy. Level of health literacy was significantly different between participants with diffrent education level (P <۰۰۰۱), type of rehabilitation center (p = ۰.۰۰۱), specialized services of the center (P <۰۰۰۱), and gender.   Conclusion: The level of health literacy of more than half of the employees in the rehabilitation-educational centers affiliated with the welfare organization is inadequate and marginal. Due to the vulnerability of welfare clients, it is necessary to pay more attention to health literacy in health promotion programs in this organization.

کلیدواژه ها:

Health Literacy ، Disability ، Educational-rehabilitation centers