%0 Journal Article
%T Factores demogr¨¢ficos asociados con el conocimiento sobre salud en una muestra de mujeres de la ciudad de Lima (Per¨²) en 2008: resultados del cuestionario SAHLSA-50
%A V¨ªlchez-Rom¨¢n
%A Carlos
%A Quiliano-Terreros
%A Roc¨ªo
%A Canales-Negr¨®n
%A Roc¨ªo
%A Chiroque-Solano
%A Richard
%J Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecolog¨ªa
%D 2009
%I Federaci¨®n Colombiana de Asociaciones de Obstetricia y Ginecolog¨ªa
%X objective: the objectives were to identify the percentage of subjects having appropriate health literacy and determine the demographic variables predicting appropriate health literacy in females. methodology: this was a cross-sectional study in which the short assessment of health literacy for spanish adults (sahlsa-50) test was given to a sample of 49 reproductive-aged females who were attending the gynaecological service at dos de mayo hospital in lima, peru. linear regression analysis and pearson¡¯s coefficient of correlation were used to test the hypothesis. results: sahlsa test scores ranged from 22 to 50 points, averaging 37 + 7.15 points; 43% of the females surveyed obtained a score lower than the average on the health literacy test (n=21). it was found that the level of schooling was a predictor for health literacy level (p<0.05). conclusions: these findings showed that patients who have had lower levels of schooling would have little opportunity of understanding written messages/instructions issued by local or state health services.
%K health literacy
%K female
%K sexual and reproductive health
%K health promotion.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-74342009000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en