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Health Literacy Level and Related Factors among Pregnant Women Referring to Bojnord Health Centers in 2017
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HAMIDREZA MOHADDES, HAMID JOVEINI, REZVAN RAJABZADEH, DAVOOD ROBATSARPOOSHI, NEDA AHMADZADEH TORI, MEHDI HARESABADI, SEYED HAMID HOSSEINI
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It is generally accepted that health literacy is a vital and modifiable factor in improvement of access to health
information, communication with healthcare providers and orientation towards a healthcare system. Moreover, it is a
central element in the capacity of a woman to involve with health promotion activities and to prevent herself and her
children. These will be difficult or impossible without an adequate understanding of healthcare information.
Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to determine the health literacy level and its related factors among
pregnant women referring to health centers in Bojnord in 2017. The present descriptive-analytical and crosssectional
study was conducted in 2017 among pregnant women referring to health centers in Bojnord, Iran. The
sample size was 394 people who were selected using a multistage sampling (stratified and simple randomized) method.
A two-part questionnaire was used to collect data. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 20 software using
descriptive (mean, standard deviation and frequency) and analytic (independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance
and linear regression) statistics.According to the findings, the mean age of the participants in the study was
26.69±5.85 and their mean health literacy score was 76.89±12.09. The health literacy of 387 (98.2%) was at optimal
level. The linear regression results revealed a significant relationship between health literacy and age and educational
level of pregnant women (P<0.05). This study demonstrated that the health literacy was a great deal in most of the
women under study. However, the importance of health literacy in women and maternal health highlights that the
health authorities in the country need to develop appropriate educational programs to promote the health literacy
level and to empower this stratum.
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Health literacy, pregnant women, comprehensive health centers
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2019.11.01.015
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