The impact of social capital on physical activity and nutrition in China: the mediating effect of health literacy
| Autor: | Cheng-Gang Zhang, Xian Wang, Jing-Ya Wang, Wanli Chen, Jie Zhao, Zi-Yi Cui, Jinming Yu, Jiwei Wang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Mediation (statistics) medicine.medical_specialty China Adolescent Nutritional Status Health literacy Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Social support Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Exercise Aged Nutrition mediation analysis 030505 public health Social network Descriptive statistics business.industry Physical activity Public health lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support lcsh:RA1-1270 Middle Aged Social engagement Social Participation Cross-Sectional Studies Social Capital Female 0305 other medical science business Social capital Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019) BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | Background Physical activity and good nutrition are important behavioral factors in promoting health and preventing disease. It is important to understand the factors affecting physical activity and nutrition. The purpose of this study was to explore whether social capital has an effect on physical activity and nutrition, and whether health literacy plays a mediating role between social capital and physical activity as well as nutrition. Methods This cross-sectional study was performed in a certain district of Shanghai in March and April 2017. Data was collected using a self-reported questionnaire, which included questions on sociodemographic characteristics, social capital, health literacy and health-promoting lifestyle profile-II. Health-promoting lifestyle profile-II measures the behaviours or habits of physical activity and healthy nutrition. An explore factor analysis of the principal components with varimax rotation was carried out on the social capital scale. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize the sociodemographic of participants. Mediation analysis was performed using the bootstrapping tests to examine whether health literacy mediate the relationship between social capital and physical activity as well as nutrition. Results The explore factor analysis results showed that social capital has five dimensions, namely social participation, social support, social network, control over life and feelings about the community. There is a positive correlation between social capital, health literacy, physical activity and nutrition. The correlation coefficient varied from 0.135 to 0.594. Mediation analysis demonstrated health literacy played a partial mediating effect between social capital and physical activity as well as nutrition. In the relationship between physical activity and social capital, the indirect effect of health literacy accounted for 8.20 to 12.65% of the total effect. In the relationship between nutrition and social capital, the mediation effect of health literacy accounted for 4.93 to 12.71% of the total effect. Conclusion Social capital can promote physical activity and nutrition by disseminating health information. Enhancing the social capital of residents will help increase physical activity and develop healthy eating habits. Attention should also be paid to the improvement of residents’ health literacy. |
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