Investigation and analysis of Xi'an college students' health literacy

This research has investigated the current situation, and influential factors and cognition degree of 1200 college students' health literacy in Xi'an through Questionnaire survey. The results of the research show that the overall level of health literacy assessment of students in Xi'an university is 67.31%. The elementary knowledge and ideas, life styles and behavior, basic function is 70.09%, 67.79% and 82.22% respectively. The health literacy assessment of male students is 65.03%, and health literacy assessment of female students is 70.75%. This suggests that there is a big difference between female students and male students (p<;0.05) in this respect. The health literacy of freshmen in colleges and universities is the lowest (p<;0.05). Health literacy of the students who major in science and technology is lower than that of the art students. The overall level of the health literacy of students is low.