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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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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