Health Literacy Status And Promotion Strategies Of Shenyang Residents

Health literacy refers to "one’s capability of making right decisions when he/she gets down to the understanding and handling of information or services relevant to health".Health literacy,as one of the major reference index monitoring the level of national basic public service and national health,is a direct indicator of life quality and development level of economic society.Improving health literacy is also an effective way to ameliorate residents’heath management behaviors,to boost the effectiveness in utilization of medical service resources,and to push forward equalization of public health service.From the point of view of public administration and based on the subject of health management,this thesis,taking the conditions of health literacy of Shenyang resident’s as its object of investigation,describes and analyzes the statistics of health literacy of Shenyang residents in the years of 2012,2015 and 2017 which are collected from Shenyang Health Education Centre.Facts found:In general,the level of health literacy of Shenyang residents has been steadily improved,level of which is higher than that of Liaoning Province and China as a whole(in the same years as mentioned above),and is lower than that of some vice-provincial cities.Level of health literacy differs significantly between urban and rural residents.Level of health literacy in prevention&treatment of chronic diseases and way of health life and behaviors is still very low.Based on the major factors affecting the health literacy of Shenyang residents and in accordance with policy orientation,methods of health literacy improvement as well as system of monitoring and evaluation,this thesis has put forward some feasible measures to structure the system of health literacy monitoring and evaluation in a more scientific manner,such as gradually increasing financial investment under leadership of government,optimizing allocation of resources,and pushing forward health education and health enhancement in full swing.Based on the variety of levels and characteristics in health literacy of Shenyang urban and rural residents,this thesis aims at developing feasible and effective health intervention measures in order to improve people’s health level,safeguard people’s health in each and every aspect and across the overall lifecycle,and provide governments at all levels with scientific basis when formulating health enhancement policies and measures.