A Study On The Health Literacy Of Officers And Soldiers In Grass-root Unit

Health literacy is a new field of research in recent years, which serves as an important component of health education and the theory of health promotion. It can be said that the military's health literacy directly affects the combat capability of the armed forces because the physical and mental health of soldiers is one of the basic elements that guarantees the successful implementation of promoting military reform with Chinese characteristics, and winning future high-tech war.The officers and soldiers in the grass-root level is the foundational strength in army construction, and their health literacy is directly related to the overall army construction and the army battle effectiveness. As officers and soldiers come from diversified sources, the development level of the local economy, education, the media all contribute greatly to the cultivation of health literacy.Based on the literature review, the understanding of current health traits of the grass-roots garrison, and the analysis of the research development home and abroad, this study finds out the major factor affecting the health traits of the grass-roots garrison, and preliminarily establish the evaluation index of the health traits of the grass-roots garrison in accordance with our country's culture, medical care, education and army characteristics. We finally establish the health evaluation index system by the two rounds of inquiry, selection and determination, giving the weights with preference map. In the test of health index system, we designed the questionnaire, and delivered them to 420 grass-roots garrison with the method of interview and onsite investigation. Finally we collected 401 copies of the questionnaire, and accomplished the data collection. When the investigation was finished, we obtained the basic information of the grass-roots garrison including the popularity of the health knowledge, healthy behavior development, health belief establishment and the master of health skills. We also tested the effects of health education implementation, and the study would provide effective help with targeted health implementation, guarantee the emotional and physical health of the grass-roots garrison, and enhance army combat effectiveness and cohesion.Through data analysis of the current health literacy of Chinese officers and soldiers in the army, this thesis holds that the Overall Level of Chinese officers and soldiers'health literacy should be improved to meet the requirements of routine training and future war. Knowledge and training of seeking medical advice and mental health should be emphasized in health education. Close attention should be paid to improve health education methods, to change bad habits, to strengthen the application of health knowledge so as to meet the health needs of the officers and soldiers in the army.