Health literacy and health behaviors of Guinean university students residing in Brazil

• Main Authors: Andressa Suelly Saturnino de Oliveira (Author), Florinda Francisco Adulai Seidi (Author), Katarina Milly Pinheiro de Sousa (Author), Gilvan Ferreira Felipe (Author), Eliziê Pereira Pinheiro (Author), Nila Larisse Silva de Albuquerque (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the health literacy and health behaviors of Guinean university students residing in Brazil. Method: A cross-sectional, analytical study conducted with 51 Guinean university students residing in Brazil. A health behavior questionnaire and the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults - Short version were applied. Spearman correlation coefficient, U of Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis were calculated. Results: Health literacy was adequate (median=79; IQR=24). Reading comprehension (median=70; IQR=16) of health information was better than numerical comprehension (median=14; IQR=14). Better health literacy performance was found in those with daily screen time of 3 to 5 hours (p=0.004) and who consumed fatty meat (p=0.002). Conclusion: Adequate health literacy of Guinean university students was associated with mostly healthy behaviors, except for screen time and consumption of fatty meat.

Item Description

1983-1447
10.1590/1983-1447.2023.20220295.en