. Tahere h Bayati; . Azizallah Dehghan; . Fatemeh Bonyadi; . Leyla Bazrafkan
Volume 8, Issue 10 , October 2018, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Health literacy is a combination of reading and listening skills, data analysis,decision‑making, and the ability to implement these skills during the necessary health ...
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BACKGROUND: Health literacy is a combination of reading and listening skills, data analysis,decision‑making, and the ability to implement these skills during the necessary health situations.This study was conducted with the purpose of determining the effect of educational intervention onhealth literacy and its impact on health‑promoting behaviors of the health ambassadors in the healthand treatment centers of the health network in Kazeroon (Fars province, Iran).MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study is a quasi‑experimental study using before‑after testprocedure on 256 health ambassadors. Random systematic sampling method was used and to assess thehealth literacy, Montazeri’s health questionnaire was used, also the standard questionnaire (health‑promotinglifestyle profile‑I) was applied to determine the status of the health‑promoting behaviors. Two questionnaireswere filled out by the health ambassadors before and following the intervention. Data analysis wasperformed using SPSS software 22, through t‑test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation.RESULTS: The mean health literacy scores of the ambassadors before educational interventionwere 79.22 which increased to 95.49 after intervention. Moreover, the results of the study showeda direct significant correlation of health literacy with all the dimensions of health‑promoting behaviorquestionnaire before and after the intervention (P < 0.001).CONCLUSIONS: Educational interventions can be used to enhance the health literacy of healthambassadors and have a significant impact on improving health‑promoting behaviors.
