بررسی سواد سلامت بزرگسالان 65-18 سال شهر شهریار

Introduction and purpose: Health literacy (HL) is a relatively new emerging&nbsp;concept in public health, which is the capacity of Individuals to obtain, process,&nbsp;and understand basic health information and services needed to make proper&nbsp;health decisions. This study aimed to assess the level of health literacy among&nbsp;the individuals aged between 18 and 65 years old in Shahriar, Iran.&nbsp;Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 299 participants&nbsp;aged from 18 to 65 years old in 10 city neighborhoods of Shahriar, Iran, during&nbsp;2015. Data were collected using Iranian Health Literacy Questionnaire and&nbsp;analyzed by one-way analysis of variance in SPSS, version 21.&nbsp;Results: In this study, the mean HL level was 58.26&plusmn;22.1. The mean levels of HL&nbsp;dimensions were 61.14, 66.74, 62.87, 54.68, and 45.87 for accessing to health&nbsp;information, understanding the information, information reading skills, analyzing&nbsp;the information, and decision making based on the information, respectively.&nbsp;Given the results, 36.5%, 23.7%, 25.4%, and 14.4% of the participants had low,&nbsp;inadequate, adequate, and high levels of HL. Additionally, there was a significant&nbsp;relationship between age, educational stage, and occupation and the level of fivedimensional&nbsp;HL (P<0.001).&nbsp;Conclusion: About 60% of the subjects had low and inadequate levels of&nbsp;HL; therefore, it is recommended to design a program based on demographic&nbsp;variables to promote HL among people in the society.&nbsp;