@article { author = {Ghanbari, Shahla and Majlessi, Fereshteh and Ghaffari, Mohtasham and Mahmoodi Majdabadi, Mahmood}, title = {Evaluation of health literacy of pregnant women in urban health centers of Shahid Beheshti Medical University}, journal = {Daneshvar Medicine}, volume = {19}, number = {6}, pages = {1-12}, year = {2020}, publisher = {Shahed University}, issn = {2716-9723}, eissn = {2716-9731}, doi = {}, abstract = { Background and Objective: Health literacy is “The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions”, that is an important element in woman’s ability to engage in health promotion and prevention activities both for herself and her children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the health literacy level of pregnant women in urban health centers of Shahid Beheshti Medical University.    Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study (a descriptive-analytical one), 240 pregnant women who received prenatal care from health centers were investigated using the test of Functional Health Literacy for adults.    Results: The mean age of the sample was 27.7 years (SD=5.1) and the mean age of education was 10.6 years (SD=3.3 range: 1-22). In addition, 30% of participants had low, 24.6% had marginal and 45.4% had adequate health literacy. Health literacy was significantly different by the location of the health centers (x2=24.47, df=6, p < 0.001), age (x2=21.86, df=8, p < 0.005), and education (x2=90.16, df=8, p < 0.001). Based on the multiple regression, health literacy was significantly associated with level of education (t=9.41, p < 0.001), age (t=2.56, p < 0.011), and employment (t=2.01, p < 0.045).   Conclusion: This study showed that limited functional health literacy is a widespread problem in pregnant women. Low health literacy may impair a patient’s understanding of health messages and advices, so health providers should use effective educational methods for people who have limited reading and writing abilities. }, keywords = {: Health literacy,Pregnant Women,Test of functional health literacy for adults}, title_fa = {بررسی سواد سلامت زنان باردار زیر پوشش مراکز بهداشتی درمانی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی}, abstract_fa = { مقدمه و هدف: سواد سلامت، ظرفیت کسب، پردازش و درک اطلاعات اساسی و خدمات ضروری برای تصمیم­گیری­های مناسب در زمینه سلامت است که عنصری مهم در توانایی یک زن برای شرکت در فعالیت­های ارتقای سلامت و پیشگیری برای خود و کودکانش محسوب می­شود. هدف از این مطالعه، بررسی سطح سواد سلامت زنان باردار مراجعه­کننده به مراکز بهداشتی درمانی تحت پوشش دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی بود.   روش کار: در مطالعه­ای مقطعی (cross sectional) از نوع توصیفی- تحلیلی (Descriptive- Analytical)،  240 نفر از زنان باردار مراجعه­کننده به مراکز بهداشتی درمانی با استفاده از پرسش­نامه سواد سلامت عملکردی بالغان بررسی­شدند. یافته‌ها: میانگین سنی شرکت کنندگان (1/5±) 7/27 سال و میانگین سال­های تحصیل (3/3 ±)6/10 سال بود. 30 درصد افراد مورد مطالعه، سواد سلامت ناکافی، 6/24 درصد سواد سلامت مرزی و 4/45 درصد سواد سلامت کافی داشتند. سواد سلامت ارتباطی معنی­دار با محل دریافت خدمت (47/24 =2}, keywords_fa = {: Health literacy,Pregnant Women,Test of functional health literacy for adults}, url = {https://daneshvarmed.shahed.ac.ir/article_1497.html}, eprint = {https://daneshvarmed.shahed.ac.ir/article_1497_b713e14ac7f47e234a59c73da07423f0.pdf} }