Appropriate media for promoting health literacy about iodine to women of childbearing age in Borabue hospital: Survey data

This cross sectional survey research aims to survey an appropriate type of health literacy media for promoting the good health literacy level in child-bearing age women, to determine perception about iodine benefit and meaning of healthy child and to test relationship between educational level and iodine knowledge include the meaning of healthy child of child-bearing age women. The result found 58 women 15-45 years old with mean age 31 years (SD = 7.4). Most educational level was Bachelor’s degree or higher (58.6%), most occupation was employee (43.1%). Type of medias they most required were combine medias (50%) and the media from internet (41.4%). Perception about iodine benefit i.e., prevent goiter and promote mental development (43.1%), some participants perceived only prevention of goiter (37.9%) and only small portion perceived iodine could promote normal mental, normal growth and good IQ (6.9%, 6.9% and 5.2%, respectively). Perception about meaning of healthy child i.e., the child had complete body (44.8%), normal birth weight (20.7%), normal mental development (10.3%) and completed recognized only 13.8%. Educational level not correlated with iodine knowledge and the meaning of healthy child (p = 0.646, 0.606, respectively).

本横断面调查研究旨在筛选适用于提升育龄女性健康素养（health literacy）水平的健康宣教媒介类型，明确育龄女性对碘益处的认知、健康子代的内涵，并检验其受教育程度与碘认知（含健康子代内涵认知）之间的相关性。
本研究共纳入58名15~45岁的育龄女性，平均年龄为31岁（标准差SD=7.4）。受教育程度以本科及以上学历为主，占比58.6%；职业以职员居多，占比43.1%。受访者最偏好的媒介类型为复合型媒介（50%）与互联网媒介（41.4%）。
关于碘益处的认知：43.1%的受访者知晓碘可预防甲状腺肿并促进智力发育；37.9%的受访者仅知晓碘可预防甲状腺肿；仅少数受访者认为碘可助力智力正常发育、体格正常生长与提升智商，占比分别为6.9%、6.9%与5.2%。
关于健康子代的内涵认知：44.8%的受访者认为健康子代即身体健全，20.7%认为是出生体重正常，10.3%认为是智力发育正常，仅13.8%的受访者能够全面认知健康子代的全部内涵。
受教育程度与碘认知及健康子代内涵认知均无显著相关性（分别对应p=0.646、p=0.606）。