The Determinants of Nursing, Allied Health and Non Medical Staffs Health Literacy in Hospitals of a Developing Country
Mehdi Kahouei, Panoe Seyed Roghani, Jamileh Mahdi Zadeh, Mehri Firouzeh.
Abstract
Introduction: Given the role of personnel working in hospitals in promoting health, there is a clear need for a study to clarify the level of health literacy and affecting factors on it among the non medical and medical staffs working in hospitals. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was performed on 389 employees who were working in hospitals affiliated to Semnan University of Medical Sciences of Iran in 2013. Results: There were significant relationships among the use of TV (P=0.044, CI=95%, Odds Ratio= 1.825), the use of books and journals (P
Key words: Health literacy, Medical staff, Hospital, Information resources.
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