ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Correlates of Health Literacy among Farmers in Northern Thailand.
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- Socio-demographic, agricultural, and personal protective factors in relation to health literacy among farmers from all regions of Thailand.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Staying in or out? COVID-19-induced healthcare utilization avoidance and associated socio-demographic factors in rural India.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Association of length of service and job category with occupational health literacy of port employees in Shenzhen, China.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Positioning Phytosanitary Food Treatments: Exploring the Role of Business-to-Consumer Stakeholder Literacy as an Information Gatekeeper in New Zealand.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Association Between Physical Activity and Type 2 Diabetes Using the International Physical Activity Questionnaires: A Case-Control Study at a Health Promoting Hospital in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Article
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Abstract
Low health literacy is a barrier to public health efforts worldwide. Agricultural workers have an elevated risk for lower health literacy, with important health implications because of their potential exposure to harmful chemicals. The Asian Health Literacy Survey (AHLS) has been developed and translated for use in several different Asian countries and is standardized for easy comparisons across regions. However, it has not been translated for use in Thailand. The purpose of this study was to (1) to determine the health literacy of rural Thai farmers in Northern Thailand, and (2) identify correlates of health literacy within this group. Internal consistency of the Thai AHLS translation was "excellent" (alpha = 0.92). Descriptive results showed that health literacy was relatively high (M = 34.98/50, SD = 6.87). Education, income, working as a village health volunteer, age, length of time farming, no chemical use in farming, health, and pesticide screening were statistically significant correlates of health literacy (
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