RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
Health literacyand media literacy are important indicators for development a region. Aim ofthe study was to determine the health and media literacy levels of people andthe relationship between two types of literacy in Mut County, Mersin/Turkey. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among275 people...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/387273 |
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| Summary: | Health literacyand media literacy are important indicators for development a region. Aim ofthe study was to determine the health and media literacy levels of people andthe relationship between two types of literacy in Mut County, Mersin/Turkey. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among275 people using a standard questionnaire. The questionnaire includesrespondent’s socio-demographic background, media literacy level determinationscale and SOYA-AB scale. It wasfound that general index score for healthliteracy was 35.99 in Mut province. It was determined that 10% of the participantswere “inadequate”, 27 % of them were problematical and % 23 of the respondentswas excellent in term of general health literacy. Total media literacy level ofthe participants was 3.89. A positive and medium level relationship was foundbetween health literacy and media literacy levels. The participants had anaverage knowledge on the health and media literacy level in Mut province. |
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| ISSN: | 1309-1387 |