ArticleHealth promotion international2021
Exploring health literacy and its associated factors among Palestinian university students: a cross-sectional study.
Article in Health promotion international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed.
- The role of health literacy in the association between nationality and health status among university students: a cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- High school students' mental health in the northern West Bank governorates in Palestine: A comparative study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Patient Activation Among Individuals with Chronic Illness: A Cross-Sectional Study from Jordan.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Health literacy, health-seeking behavior, and wellbeing among university students: insights into determinants of young adults' health.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Health literacy among the undergraduate students of Chhayanath Rara Municipality, Mugu.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Challenges in orthopaedic data collection in Gaza Strip: observational findings and bibliometric analysis.International orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Health literacy profiles of undergraduate health students in Brazil: a cluster analysis.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Decoding e-health literacy among Palestinian adolescents: a qualitative study in the West bank.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Health literacy mediating the association between health information sources and oral health knowledge among Palestinian adolescent refugees: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Health literacy and influencing factors in university students across diverse educational fields in Kazakhstan.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring the physical, mental, and social dimensions of middle-aged adults for active and healthy aging: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
- The Chain Mediating Effect of Health Literacy and Self-Care Ability on the Relationship Between Dysmenorrhea Symptoms and Negative Emotions Among Chinese Female College Students.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Health literacy of students at the Université Joseph KI-ZERBO of Ouagadougou in 2024.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Exposure to violence and other determinants of health literacy among Palestinian adolescents: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Health literacy and its association with antibiotic use and knowledge of antibiotic among Egyptian population: cross sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- General, Vaccination, Navigational and Digital Health Literacy of Students Enrolled in Different Medical and Health Educational Programs.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Observational
- Level of health literacy and associated factors among Jimma town public high school adolescent students: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Healthy life skills and related factors among university students: a cross-sectional study in Istanbul, Turkey.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- Health literacy among adolescents and young adults in the Eastern Mediterranean region: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Health literacy plays an important role in personal and community health. Since university is a turning point when young adults begin to take responsibility for their own health, understanding university students' health literacy levels is crucial. To this end, we aimed to explore health literacy and its associated factors among Palestinian university students. We conducted a cross-sectional study at Birzeit University in the Ramallah district. We recruited 472 students using convenience sampling at six on-campus cafeterias. The 44-item Arabic version of the Health Literacy Questionnaire was used to measure students' health literacy levels, while a locally developed distress scale was used to measure students' distress levels. We stratified the multiple regression model for the health literacy score by gender. Students' average total health literacy score was 135.3 (SD 20.9), with male students scoring significantly higher than female students. A higher health literacy score was significantly associated with having a father with a higher level of education, a higher frequency of medical checkups, higher self-reported health status, and consulting a higher number of sources for health-related information. High distress levels were associated with lower levels of health literacy, especially among female students. This study provides the first evidence on Palestinian university students' health literacy levels. Tailored health education and promotion are required for students with low parental education and moderate to high distress. Future research is required to explain the gender differences in health literacy and distress among university students.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.