Critical Health Literacy in a Pandemic: A Cluster Analysis Among German University Students.

Autor:	Heinrichs K; Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany., Abel T; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland., Matos Fialho PM; Institute of Medical Sociology, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty, University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany., Pischke CR; Institute of Medical Sociology, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty, University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany., Busse H; Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany., Wendt C; Department Sociology of Health and Healthcare Systems, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany., Stock C; Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal of public health [Int J Public Health] 2021 Aug 20; Vol. 66, pp. 1604210. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 20 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.3389/ijph.2021.1604210
Abstrakt:	Objectives: In the COVID-19 pandemic, critical health literacy (CHL-P) has been proposed as a means of addressing issues of complexity, uncertainty, and urgency. Our study aimed to identify CHL-P clusters among university students in Germany and to analyze associations with potential determinants. Methods: In May 2020, students at four German universities participated in the COVID-19 International Student Well-Being Study, an online survey that yielded a non-probabilistic sample of N = 5,021. CHL-P, COVID-19-related knowledge, worries, risk perception, and adherence to protective measures were measured in an online questionnaire with self-constructed items. We conducted a cluster analysis of the five CHL-P items and performed logistic regression analyses. Results: Two CHL-P clusters were identified: high vs. moderate CHL-P. Belonging to the high-CHL-P cluster (31.2% of students) was significantly associated with older age, female/other gender, advanced education, higher levels of parental education, and moderate importance placed on education. In addition, higher levels of knowledge, risk perception and worries, and adherence to protective measures were associated with high CHL-P cluster membership. Conclusion: Students would benefit from educational measures that promote CHL-P at German universities. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2021 Heinrichs, Abel, Matos Fialho, Pischke, Busse, Wendt and Stock.)
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