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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Main Authors: Şerife Didem Kaya, Ayhan Uludağ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mehmet Akif Ersoy University 2017-12-01
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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description 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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spelling doaj-art-43b81bc3c91d4f428a4ae16d99fe8d692025-01-27T14:43:32ZengMehmet Akif Ersoy UniversityMehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi1309-13872017-12-0192219420610.20875/makusobed.307031273RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİŞerife Didem KayaAyhan UludağHealth 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.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/387273health literacymedia literacyhealthmedia
spellingShingle Şerife Didem Kaya
Ayhan Uludağ
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
health literacy
media literacy
health
media
title RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
title_full RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
title_fullStr RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
title_full_unstemmed RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
title_short RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
title_sort relationship between the health and media literacy saglik ve medya okuryazarlik arasindaki iliski
topic health literacy
media literacy
health
media
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/387273
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