The evaluation index of residents' health literacy is included in the national health development plan as an evaluation index that comprehensively reflects the national health development. ?
Citizen's health literacy includes three aspects: basic knowledge and ideas, healthy lifestyle and behavior, and basic skills.
According to the data released by the National Health and Wellness Committee, the health literacy level of Chinese residents will reach 23. 15% in 2020, which is 3.98 percentage points higher than that in 20 19, and the growth rate is the fastest in the past years. According to the data released by the National Health and Wellness Committee, the level of residents' health literacy has increased to 25.4%, and the proportion of people who regularly participate in physical exercise has reached 37.2%.
The monitoring results show that in 20021year, the health literacy level of urban residents in China was 30.70%, and that of rural residents was 22.02%, which were 2.62 and 2.00 percentage points higher than that in 2020 respectively.
The health literacy levels of residents in eastern, central and western regions were 30.40%, 23.83% and 19.42%, respectively, which increased by 1.34, 2.82 and 2.70 percentage points compared with 2020.
The level of basic knowledge and concept literacy of urban and rural residents is 37.66%, the level of healthy lifestyle and behavior literacy is 28.05%, and the level of basic skills literacy is 24.28%, which are 0.5 1, 1.6 1 .06 percentage points higher than that in 2020.
The literacy level of six kinds of health problems from high to low is: safety and first aid literacy 56.4 1%, scientific health concept literacy 50.0 1%, health information literacy 35.93%, infectious disease prevention literacy 27.60%, chronic disease prevention literacy 26.67% and basic medical literacy 26.05%.
Among them, basic medical literacy, safety and first aid literacy, and infectious disease prevention literacy have all improved, and scientific health concept literacy, health information literacy, and chronic disease prevention literacy are basically the same as in 2020.