RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Year 2017, Volume: 9 Issue: 22, 194 - 206, 31.12.2017

Şerife Didem Kaya , Ayhan Uludağ

https://doi.org/10.20875/makusobed.307031

Abstract

Health literacy
and media literacy are important indicators for development a region. Aim of
the study was to determine the health and media literacy levels of people and
the relationship between two types of literacy in Mut County, Mersin/Turkey. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among
275 people using a standard questionnaire. The questionnaire includes
respondent’s socio-demographic background, media literacy level determination
scale and SOYA-AB scale. It was
found that general index score for health
literacy was 35.99 in Mut province. It was determined that 10% of the participants
were “inadequate”, 27 % of them were problematical and % 23 of the respondents
was excellent in term of general health literacy. Total media literacy level of
the participants was 3.89. A positive and medium level relationship was found
between health literacy and media literacy levels. The participants had an
average knowledge on the health and media literacy level in Mut province. 

Keywords

Health literacy, media literacy, health, media

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