Health Literacy Level of Casting Factory Workers and Its Relationship With Occupational Health and Safety Training
Health Literacy Level of Casting Factory Workers and Its Relationship With Occupational Health and Safety Training
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DOI：
10.1177/2165079919843306
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发表时间：
2019-09-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Ekmekci, Perihan Elif
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作者：
Guner, Muberra Devrim;Ekmekci, Perihan Elif
健康素养(HL)比收入、就业状况、教育水平以及种族或民族更能预测个人的健康状况。低水平的HL可能导致低摄取率或对职业健康和安全(OHS)培训的较少坚持。这项研究是在定期接受OHS培训的铸造厂工人中进行的。收集了有关社会人口学特征、OHS培训和欧洲联盟健康素养调查(HLS-EU)得分的数据。在接受调查的600名工人中，282人(47%)中，13.5%的人得分不够高，47.5%的人有问题，30.9%的人足够，8.2%的人HL得分很好。限制型和熟练型HL在年龄、文化程度上差异无统计学意义。患有有限HL的工人对OHS培训内容不太满意，也不太可能将一对一的健康和安全培训课程识别为培训。有限的HL在普通人群和工作人群中都是一个普遍问题，它可能会限制工人对OHS培训的了解。职业健康护士应该意识到有限的HL的有害影响，并根据需要修改他们的OHS培训，以增加安全工作实践的成功采用。
Health literacy (HL) is a stronger predictor of an individual's health status than income, employment status, education level, and race or ethnicity. Lower levels of HL may contribute to low uptake or less adherence to occupational health and safety (OHS) training. This study was conducted among casting factory workers who received OHS training routinely. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, OHS training, and scores of the Health Literacy Survey-European Union (HLS-EU) were collected. Of the 282 of the 600 (47%) workers surveyed, 13.5% had inadequate, 47.5% problematic, 30.9% sufficient, and 8.2% excellent HL scores. There were no statistically significant differences between workers with limited and proficient HL with respect to age group or educational level. Workers with limited HL were less satisfied with OHS training content and were less likely to identify one-on-one health and safety training sessions as training. Limited HL is a universal problem both in the general and working populations, and it may be restricting the workers understanding of OHS training. Occupational health nurses should be aware of the detrimental effects of limited HL and modify their OHS training where needed for purposes of increasing the successful adoption of safe work practices.