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En tvärsnittsstudie som utforskar nivå av hälsokompetens hos grundskolläraren och sambandet till demografiska variabler
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
A cross-sectional study to investigate the level of health literacy of primary school teacher and to capture demographic variables (English)
Abstract [sv]

Introduktion: Hälsokompetens är viktigt för individen för att på ett adekvat sätt kunna ta till sig hälsoinformation, bearbeta, reflektera samt omvandla kunskaperna till praktik. Skolan är en viktig arena för hälsofrämjande arbete, då elever oavsett bakgrund ingår i skolsystemet. Grundskolläraren har en viktig roll i det hälsofrämjande arbetet som sker på skolan riktat mot eleverna.

Syfte: Syftet med studien var att utforska grundskollärares totala nivå av hälsokompetens och på vilket sätt nivån skiljer sig mellan variablerna i instrumentet HLS-EU-Q16.

Metod: En tvärsnittsstudie genomfördes med hjälp av en webbaserad enkätundersökning. Instrumentet HLS-EU-Q16 inkluderades i enkäten för att undersöka nivån av hälsokompetens. Rekrytering skedde via sociala medier. Frekvens och Chi2-test genomfördes.

Resultat: Bland grundskollärarna (n=22) hade 90.9% en tillräcklig hälsokompetensnivå, medan 9,1 % hade problematisk hälsokompetens. Medelålder var 46.7 år och medelarbetslivserfarenhet var 16 år. Självskattat allmänt hälsotillstånd var 39.7% mycket bra, 51.6% bra, samt 9.7 någorlunda. Av deltagarna hade 35.5% en utbildning på fyra år eller mindre, och 64,5% hade över fyra års utbildning. Det fanns frågor inom instrumentet HLS-EU-Q16 som varierade. Självskattad allmänt hälsotillstånd tenderade att påverkas av ålder och utbildningsnivå. Demografiska variablerna ålder, arbetslivserfarenhet, hälsotillstånd, utbildningsnivå samt kön kunde inte inkluderas i en sambandsanalys med utfallsvariabeln hälsokompetensindex på grund av för litet stickprov.

Slutsats: Hälsokompetensnivån var hög i studiepopulationen

Abstract [en]

Introduction: A high health literacy level is important for the individual to be able to adequately absorb, process and reflect over health information, and transform health knowledge into practice. The school is an important arena for health promotive work, as students, regardless of background, are part of the Swedish school system. Primary school teachers have important roles in health promotive school interventions, when students are the target population.

Aim: The study aim was to explore primary school teachers' level of health literacy and in what way the level differs between included demographic variables.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a web-based survey. The instrument HLS-EU-Q16 was included in the questionnaire to examine the level of health literacy. Participants were recruited through Facebook.

Results: Among primary school teachers, 90.9% had sufficient health literacy and 9.1% problematic. The average age was 46.7 years and the average work experience was 16 years. Self-rated general health condition was 39.7% very good, 51.6% good, and 9.7% reasonably. The education level among participants differed,where 35.5% had an education that were four years or less and 64.5% had over four years of education. The demographic variables age, work experience, state of health, level of education and gender could not be included in a correlation analysis with the outcome variable health literacy index due to too small sample group.

Conclusion: The level of health literacy is high in the study group of primary school teachers.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 37
Keywords [en]
Health literacy, primary teacher, demographic variables, HLS-EU-Q16
Keywords [sv]
Hälsokompetens, grundskollärare, demografiska variabler, HLS-EU-Q16
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Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20904OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-20904DiVA, id: diva2:1636102
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Public Health Science
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Public Health Sciences
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Available from: 2022-02-08 Created: 2022-02-08 Last updated: 2022-02-08Bibliographically approved

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