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Prevalence of Limited Health Literacy in the Philippines: First National Survey

BACKGROUND: Health literacy (HL) is the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information across the three domains of the health continuum: health care, disease prevention, and health promotion. It is needed for people to effectively manage their health. Information on population...

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Autores principales: Tolabing, Ma. Carmen C., Co, Kim Carmela D., Mendoza, Ophelia M., Mira, Nona Rachel C., Quizon, Romeo R., Tempongko, Ma. Sandra B., Mamangon, Martin Aaron M., Salido, Isabel Teresa O., Chang, Peter W.S.
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Publicado: SLACK Incorporated 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9126056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35522857
http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20220419-01
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author Tolabing, Ma. Carmen C.
Co, Kim Carmela D.
Mendoza, Ophelia M.
Mira, Nona Rachel C.
Quizon, Romeo R.
Tempongko, Ma. Sandra B.
Mamangon, Martin Aaron M.
Salido, Isabel Teresa O.
Chang, Peter W.S.
author_facet Tolabing, Ma. Carmen C.
Co, Kim Carmela D.
Mendoza, Ophelia M.
Mira, Nona Rachel C.
Quizon, Romeo R.
Tempongko, Ma. Sandra B.
Mamangon, Martin Aaron M.
Salido, Isabel Teresa O.
Chang, Peter W.S.
author_sort Tolabing, Ma. Carmen C.
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description BACKGROUND: Health literacy (HL) is the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information across the three domains of the health continuum: health care, disease prevention, and health promotion. It is needed for people to effectively manage their health. Information on population HL level is useful for crafting appropriate and targeted interventions to improve HL. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the HL level of Filipino people at the national and subnational levels. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between 2018 and 2019 with 2,303 randomly selected Filipino people age 15 to 70 years, using an adapted Asia version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire-47. Prevalence estimates for limited HL and the corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) were computed at the national and subnational levels. KEY RESULTS: The nationwide prevalence of limited HL was 51.5% (95% CI, [49.5%, 53.6%]), while sub-national prevalence estimates ranged from 48.2% to 65.4%. The prevalence varied across HL dimensions, with difficulty in access to information having the highest level. Similarly, prevalence across domains was variable; health care-related HL had the highest prevalence of limited HL. The HL levels for different dimensions and domains also varied across subnational groups. CONCLUSION: Many Filipino people had limited HL, and prevalence estimates varied across HL dimensions, HL domains, subnational groupings, and sociodemographic characteristics. The results highlight the need for targeted interventions focusing on subgroups with limited HL and on dimensions and domains where Filipino people have limited HL. [HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2022;6(2):e104–e112.] PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: The National Health Literacy Survey is the first nationwide survey on the prevalence of HL in the Philippines, involving 2,303 randomly selected Filipino residents age 15 to 70 years. Many Filipino people have limited HL, and the prevalence of HL varies across the components of HL, subnational groupings, and sociodemographic characteristics, highlighting the need for targeted interventions.
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spelling pubmed-91260562022-06-07 Prevalence of Limited Health Literacy in the Philippines: First National Survey Tolabing, Ma. Carmen C. Co, Kim Carmela D. Mendoza, Ophelia M. Mira, Nona Rachel C. Quizon, Romeo R. Tempongko, Ma. Sandra B. Mamangon, Martin Aaron M. Salido, Isabel Teresa O. Chang, Peter W.S. Health Lit Res Pract Original Research BACKGROUND: Health literacy (HL) is the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information across the three domains of the health continuum: health care, disease prevention, and health promotion. It is needed for people to effectively manage their health. Information on population HL level is useful for crafting appropriate and targeted interventions to improve HL. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the HL level of Filipino people at the national and subnational levels. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between 2018 and 2019 with 2,303 randomly selected Filipino people age 15 to 70 years, using an adapted Asia version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire-47. Prevalence estimates for limited HL and the corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) were computed at the national and subnational levels. KEY RESULTS: The nationwide prevalence of limited HL was 51.5% (95% CI, [49.5%, 53.6%]), while sub-national prevalence estimates ranged from 48.2% to 65.4%. The prevalence varied across HL dimensions, with difficulty in access to information having the highest level. Similarly, prevalence across domains was variable; health care-related HL had the highest prevalence of limited HL. The HL levels for different dimensions and domains also varied across subnational groups. CONCLUSION: Many Filipino people had limited HL, and prevalence estimates varied across HL dimensions, HL domains, subnational groupings, and sociodemographic characteristics. The results highlight the need for targeted interventions focusing on subgroups with limited HL and on dimensions and domains where Filipino people have limited HL. [HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2022;6(2):e104–e112.] PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: The National Health Literacy Survey is the first nationwide survey on the prevalence of HL in the Philippines, involving 2,303 randomly selected Filipino residents age 15 to 70 years. Many Filipino people have limited HL, and the prevalence of HL varies across the components of HL, subnational groupings, and sociodemographic characteristics, highlighting the need for targeted interventions. SLACK Incorporated 2022-04 2022-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9126056/ /pubmed/35522857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20220419-01 Text en © 2022 Tolabing, Co, Mendoza, et al.; licensee SLACK Incorporated. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ). This license allows users to copy and distribute, to remix, transform, and build upon the article, for any purpose, even commercially, provided the author is attributed and is not represented as endorsing the use made of the work.
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Co, Kim Carmela D.
Mendoza, Ophelia M.
Mira, Nona Rachel C.
Quizon, Romeo R.
Tempongko, Ma. Sandra B.
Mamangon, Martin Aaron M.
Salido, Isabel Teresa O.
Chang, Peter W.S.
Prevalence of Limited Health Literacy in the Philippines: First National Survey
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title_fullStr Prevalence of Limited Health Literacy in the Philippines: First National Survey
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title_short Prevalence of Limited Health Literacy in the Philippines: First National Survey
title_sort prevalence of limited health literacy in the philippines: first national survey
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9126056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35522857
http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20220419-01
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