Determining The Health Literacy Levels Of Teachers: The Case Of Isparta
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Isparta, Literacy, Health, Teacher, Health literacyAbstract
This study aimed to determine the health literacy levels of teachers working in public schools in Isparta city center. The research was conducted between 08.08.2022 and 14.08.2022 with 431 teachers working in official primary and secondary schools affiliated with the ministry of national education in the central district of Isparta province. Turkey health literacy scale-32 was used to determine the health literacy levels of the participants. As a result of the research, it was seen that the highest level of knowledge of teachers about health literacy was in the dimension of "using and applying health-related information" in the field of "treatment and service", while the dimension with the lowest level of knowledge was in the dimension of "prevention of diseases / promotion of health". It was observed that there was a dimension of "evaluating health-related information. When the correlation analysis results applied to the dimensions in this research were examined, it was determined that there were positive significant relationships among all dimensions. When the participants' age, gender and whether they had been vaccinated against COVID-19 were examined, it was seen that there was a significant difference, but there was no significant difference between their marital status, professional experience, education level and the institution they worked for.
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