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Health Literacy in Rural Areas of China: Hypertension Knowledge Survey

We conducted this study to determine levels and correlates of hypertension knowledge among rural Chinese adults, and to assess the association between knowledge levels and salty food consumption among hypertensive and non-hypertensive populations. This face-to-face cross sectional survey included 66...

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Autores principales: Li, Xia, Ning, Ning, Hao, Yanhua, Sun, Hong, Gao, Lijun, Jiao, Mingli, Wu, Qunhong, Quan, Hude
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23507738
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10031125
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author Li, Xia
Ning, Ning
Hao, Yanhua
Sun, Hong
Gao, Lijun
Jiao, Mingli
Wu, Qunhong
Quan, Hude
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description We conducted this study to determine levels and correlates of hypertension knowledge among rural Chinese adults, and to assess the association between knowledge levels and salty food consumption among hypertensive and non-hypertensive populations. This face-to-face cross sectional survey included 665 hypertensive and 854 non-hypertensive respondents in the rural areas of Heilongjiang province, China. Hypertension knowledge was assessed through a 10-item test; respondents received 10 points for each correct answer. Among respondents, the average hypertension knowledge score was 26 out of a maximum of 100 points for hypertensive and 20 for non-hypertensive respondents. Hypertension knowledge was associated with marital status, education, health status, periodically reading books, newspapers or other materials, history of blood pressure measurement, and attending hypertension educational sessions. Hypertension knowledge is extremely low in rural areas of China. Hypertension education programs should focus on marginal populations, such as individuals who are not married or illiterate to enhance their knowledge levels. Focusing on educational and literacy levels in conjunction with health education is important given illiteracy is still a prominent issue for the Chinese rural population.
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spelling pubmed-37093082013-07-12 Health Literacy in Rural Areas of China: Hypertension Knowledge Survey Li, Xia Ning, Ning Hao, Yanhua Sun, Hong Gao, Lijun Jiao, Mingli Wu, Qunhong Quan, Hude Int J Environ Res Public Health Article We conducted this study to determine levels and correlates of hypertension knowledge among rural Chinese adults, and to assess the association between knowledge levels and salty food consumption among hypertensive and non-hypertensive populations. This face-to-face cross sectional survey included 665 hypertensive and 854 non-hypertensive respondents in the rural areas of Heilongjiang province, China. Hypertension knowledge was assessed through a 10-item test; respondents received 10 points for each correct answer. Among respondents, the average hypertension knowledge score was 26 out of a maximum of 100 points for hypertensive and 20 for non-hypertensive respondents. Hypertension knowledge was associated with marital status, education, health status, periodically reading books, newspapers or other materials, history of blood pressure measurement, and attending hypertension educational sessions. Hypertension knowledge is extremely low in rural areas of China. Hypertension education programs should focus on marginal populations, such as individuals who are not married or illiterate to enhance their knowledge levels. Focusing on educational and literacy levels in conjunction with health education is important given illiteracy is still a prominent issue for the Chinese rural population. MDPI 2013-03-18 2013-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3709308/ /pubmed/23507738 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10031125 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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title_sort health literacy in rural areas of china: hypertension knowledge survey
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23507738
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10031125
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