Literacy in sexual and reproductive health as well as associated variables: multicenter study

e202405035

Authors

  • Juan Guerrero-Núñez Departamento de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud; Universidad de Atacama. Copiapó. Chile.
  • Dámaris Jofré-Olivares Glocal Learning. Chile
  • Francisco Guillén-Grima Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud; Universidad Pública de Navarra. Pamplona. España.
  • Inés Aguinaga-Ontoso Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud; Universidad Pública de Navarra. Pamplona. España.
  • Angélica Bacho-Tapia Departamento de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud; Universidad de Atacama. Copiapó. Chile.
  • Leticia Araya-Moraga Departamento de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud; Universidad de Atacama. Copiapó. Chile.
  • Nicole Iturrieta-Guaita Escuela de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Universidad de Valparaíso. Valparaíso. Chile.
  • Loreto Villanueva-Pabón Departamento de Promoción de la Salud de la Mujer y el Recién Nacido; Universidad de Chile. Santiago de Chile. Chile.
  • Marisell Correa-Butrón Departamento de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Universidad de Tarapacá. Arica. Chile.
  • María Briones-Lorca Carrera de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud; Universidad de Talca. Talca. Chile.
  • Alicia Parada-Navarro Carrera de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud; Universidad de Talca. Talca. Chile.
  • Christian Hernández-Valenzuela Escuela de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins. Santiago de Chile. Chile.
  • Manuel Ortiz-Llorenz Escuela de Obstetricia; Facultad de Ciencias para el Cuidado de la Salud; Universidad San Sebastián. Santiago de Chile. Chile.
  • Marco Marrodán-García Departamento de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud; Universidad de Antofagasta. Antofagasta. Chile.
  • Daniela Goretta-Sandoval Carrera de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Escuela de Salud; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud; Universidad Central Coquimbo. Coquimbo. Chile.
  • Claudia Vilches-Arredondo Escuela de Obstetricia y Puericultura; Universidad de Valparaíso. Valparaíso. Chile.

Keywords:

Health literacy, Sexual and reproductive health, Teen health

Abstract

BACKGROUND // Limited Health Literacy implies an insufficient understanding of relevant health information, being associated with various variables. The objective of the study was to measure the prevalence of the level of Limited Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy (AS-SR), its associated variables and the differences in scores between levels of AS-SR, universities and science of study in Chilean university students.
METHODS // A multicenter and cross-sectional study, which applied a validated scale to measure levels of AS-SR, was carried out in a sample of 2,186 Chilean university students, categorizing it as high, medium high, medium low and low. The level of Limited AS-SR was obtained by adding the medium-low and low categories. Tests were carried out: descriptive, psychometric and reliability; association, logistic regression and differences between variables of interest.
RESULTS // The prevalence of Limited AS-SR was 52.7%. The variables most associated with the level of Limited AS-SR were: low interest in information about health care (OR=2.819; 95% CI: 2.132-3.726), prevention (OR=2.564; 95% CI: 1.941-3.388), sexuality (OR=2.497; 95% CI: 1.807-3.452) and health promotion (OR=1.515; 95% CI: 1.239-1.853); certain sources of Information (OR=1.915; 95% CI:1.614-2.272); low economic income (OR=1.661; 95% CI: 1.361-2.026), among others. There were statistically significant differences in scores between categories of AS-SR levels, universities and study science. The scale had a reliability of 0.940.
CONCLUSIONS // More than half of the students have Limited AS-SR, mainly associated with low interest in health information. The scale presents excellent psychometric indicators, being recommended for diagnoses of health situations.

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2024-05-14

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Guerrero-Núñez J, Jofré-Olivares D, Guillén-Grima F, Aguinaga-Ontoso I, Bacho-Tapia A, Araya-Moraga L, et al. Literacy in sexual and reproductive health as well as associated variables: multicenter study: e202405035. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 2024 May 14 [cited 2024 Oct. 16];98:13 páginas. Available from: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/588

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