2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a health literacy scale for women of reproductive age
| Project/Area Number |
25862255
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Community health nursing
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| Research Institution | Shiga University of Medical Science |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWATA SHIHO 滋賀医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (70610666)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 性成熟期女性 / ヘルスリテラシー / 女性労働者 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Health literacy is important for the prevention, early detection ,and treatment of female-specific disease. This study aimed to develop a health literacy scale for women of reproductive age.
This scale was incorporated the opinion of professional and female worker, can be refined item 13.The analysis revealed that life events such as marriage and pregnancy correlate to the health literacy of women reproductive age. It would appear that women's life events is affecting their health literacy.It is necessary to develop a program for women unmarried based on this result．
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| Free Research Field |
産業看護
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