RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND MEDIA LITERACY - SAĞLIK VE MEDYA OKURYAZARLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Authors : Şerife Didem Kaya, Ayhan Uludağ

Pages : 194-206

Doi:10.20875/makusobed.307031

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Publication Date : 2017-12-31

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Health literacy and media literacy are important indicators for development a region. Aim of the study was to determine the health and media literacy levels of people and the relationship between two types of literacy in Mut County, Mersin/Turkey. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 275 people using a standard questionnaire. The questionnaire includes respondent’s socio-demographic background, media literacy level determination scale and SOYA-AB scale. It was found that general index score for health literacy was 35.99 in Mut province. It was determined that 10% of the participants were "inadequate”, 27 % of them were problematical and % 23 of the respondents was excellent in term of general health literacy. Total media literacy level of the participants was 3.89. A positive and medium level relationship was found between health literacy and media literacy levels. The participants had an average knowledge on the health and media literacy level in Mut province. 
Keywords : Health literacy, media literacy, health, media