The Determinants of Nursing, Allied Health and Non Medical Staffs Health Literacy in Hospitals of a Developing Country

Mater Sociomed. 2015; 27(6): 421-424

doi: 10.5455/msm.2015.27.421-424

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.