Research On The Relationship Between Health Literacy And Health Status In College Students

Health literacy is the acquisition,understanding,processing,and utilization of basic health information and services,and the use of these information and services to make the ability to improve and maintain their own health.Health literacy includes three dimensions of health knowledge,health behaviors and health skills.The level of college students' health literacy is not high,and their health status is worrying.How to improve the health status of college students has become the focus of colleges and universities.Previous studies have shown that health literacy and health status are related to diseased groups and the elderly,but there is no research to explore the relationship between college students' health literacy and their three-dimensionality and health status.This study explores the relationship between college students' health literacy and health status through questionnaires.In the Internet age,the Internet is one of the ways to obtain health information.The relationship between health status and whether to obtain health information from the Internet has not been consistently concluded.Therefore,this study also explores the relationship between the two.Study 1 investigated the health literacy,health status,and access to health information from 362 college students.The results showed that:(1)the health literacy and health status of college students are positively correlated;(2)the health behavior and health status are positively correlated,and health knowledge,health skills have nothing to do with health status;(3)whether to obtain health information is are positively correlated with health knowledge,and are not related to health status and health behavior.Compared with the self-evaluation method of health status in Study 1,Study 2 is to test the effectiveness of self-evaluation indicators,and to conduct more detailed self-reporting from relatively specific objective indicators such as sleep problems and headache problems,and to compare the consistency of the two indicators,and test the relationship between health behavior and health status.The results of the study showed that the two health status assessment indicators were positively correlated,and further confirmed the close relationship between college students' health behavior and health status.In summary,this study found that college students' health behaviors and health status are closely related,but health knowledge and health status have nothing to do,and whether to obtain health information from the Internet is only related to health knowledge.In order to improve the health of college students,it is necessary to start with healthy behaviors instead of obtaining health knowledge online.