Health literacy and health-promoting behaviors among adults at risk for diabetes in a remote Filipino community

Background: Diabetes risk assessment is an essential preboarding tool before implementing health literacy programs to change an adult’s health behavior positively. Research has shown an association between health literacy and health behaviors, but there is a dearth of literature that delineates the...

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Autor principal:	Christian Sandor B. Ydirin
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Publicado:	Belitung Raya Foundation 2021
Materias:	adult health literacy health behavior risk assessment nursing philippines Nursing RT1-120
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cb9bb9782bf44cd4b8f007116e2224db2021-12-02T18:25:37ZHealth literacy and health-promoting behaviors among adults at risk for diabetes in a remote Filipino community2477-407310.33546/bnj.1298https://doaj.org/article/cb9bb9782bf44cd4b8f007116e2224db2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://belitungraya.org/BRP/index.php/bnj/article/view/1298https://doaj.org/toc/2477-4073Background: Diabetes risk assessment is an essential preboarding tool before implementing health literacy programs to change an adult’s health behavior positively. Research has shown an association between health literacy and health behaviors, but there is a dearth of literature that delineates the difference between the health literacy and health behaviors of adults according to their diabetes risks; high risk vs. low risk. Objective: This study aimed to determine the difference between the health literacy and health behaviors of adults and establish the relationship between the two variables when classified according to their diabetes risks. Methods: This study utilized a descriptive cross-sectional design with 400 adults in a remote Filipino community in November 2019. Data were gathered using the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II) and Health Literacy Survey-Short Form 12 (HLS-SF12) questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and Pearson’s r were used to analyze the data. Results: There is a significant difference between the health literacy index scores (p < .05); but no significant difference between the health behavior mean scores (p > .05) of adults when grouped according to their diabetes risks. Health literacy is significantly (p < .05) correlated with health behaviors of adults, with a moderate positive correlation in the high-risk group (r = .43), and both weak positive correlation in the low-risk group (r = .13) and entire group (r = .17). Conclusion: All adult inclusion efforts in promoting health literacy, with emphasis on the high-risk group, are needed to improve awareness of the degree of diabetes risks. Nurses should take an active role in the assessment of diabetes risks, evaluation of results, and implementation of interventions that could increase health literacy to facilitate the development of healthy behaviors. Stakeholders are urged to advance the availability of evidence-based lifestyle interventions to reduce the growth in new cases of diabetes.Christian Sandor B. YdirinBelitung Raya Foundationarticleadulthealth literacyhealth behaviorrisk assessmentnursingphilippinesNursingRT1-120ENBelitung Nursing Journal, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 88-97 (2021)
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description	Background: Diabetes risk assessment is an essential preboarding tool before implementing health literacy programs to change an adult’s health behavior positively. Research has shown an association between health literacy and health behaviors, but there is a dearth of literature that delineates the difference between the health literacy and health behaviors of adults according to their diabetes risks; high risk vs. low risk. Objective: This study aimed to determine the difference between the health literacy and health behaviors of adults and establish the relationship between the two variables when classified according to their diabetes risks. Methods: This study utilized a descriptive cross-sectional design with 400 adults in a remote Filipino community in November 2019. Data were gathered using the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II) and Health Literacy Survey-Short Form 12 (HLS-SF12) questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and Pearson’s r were used to analyze the data. Results: There is a significant difference between the health literacy index scores (p < .05); but no significant difference between the health behavior mean scores (p > .05) of adults when grouped according to their diabetes risks. Health literacy is significantly (p < .05) correlated with health behaviors of adults, with a moderate positive correlation in the high-risk group (r = .43), and both weak positive correlation in the low-risk group (r = .13) and entire group (r = .17). Conclusion: All adult inclusion efforts in promoting health literacy, with emphasis on the high-risk group, are needed to improve awareness of the degree of diabetes risks. Nurses should take an active role in the assessment of diabetes risks, evaluation of results, and implementation of interventions that could increase health literacy to facilitate the development of healthy behaviors. Stakeholders are urged to advance the availability of evidence-based lifestyle interventions to reduce the growth in new cases of diabetes.
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title	Health literacy and health-promoting behaviors among adults at risk for diabetes in a remote Filipino community
title_short	Health literacy and health-promoting behaviors among adults at risk for diabetes in a remote Filipino community
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title_fullStr	Health literacy and health-promoting behaviors among adults at risk for diabetes in a remote Filipino community
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Health literacy and health-promoting behaviors among adults at risk for diabetes in a remote Filipino community

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