Health literacy
Conditions
Interventions
1.Study setting: Four selected Divisional Secretariat (DS) areas in Kalutara district. Thirty-eight Grama Niladari (GN) divisions will be selected from the selected DS areas, according to Probability
Sponsors
Ministry of Health
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult ‘active Facebook users’ aged 25 - 60 years who are permanent residents in selected DS divisions. In this study ‘active Facebook user’ will be defined as a person who login at least once a week to the Facebook account which has been registered under his or her name through a computer or a mobile devise.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals with psychological or cognitive impairment. 2. People who are not able to read or converse in Sinhala. 3. Participants in first component of MD study(Cross sectional study)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Difference of Health literacy index (mean difference) in the intervention and the control group Health Literacy Survey – Europe – Questionnaire 47 (HLS-EU-Q47) which is locally adapted and validated will be used to assess health literacy. [Prior to the intervention and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention. (Pre and post assessments will be done through a paper-based interviewer administered questionnaire after a face to face interview)] Proportion of adults with limited health literacy in the intervention and the control group (Defined as a HLS-EU-Q47 score equal or below 33 ) [ Prior to the intervention and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [ ] [] [ ] [] [] [ ] [] [ ] [] [] [] [] [] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [] [] [ ] [] [] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [] [] [ ] [] [] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [] [ ] [] [] [ ] [] [] [ ] [] [ ] [] [] [] [] [] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [] [] [] [] [] [] [ ] [] [] | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of adults who participated for selected health screening programmes. Eg: Well woman clinic, healthy life style clinic [ Prior to the intervention and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention] Proportions of individuals who consume adequate level of fruits and vegetables and salt according to the STEPS survey [ Prior to the intervention and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention] Proportions of individuals who have adequate level of exercise according to the STEPS survey [ Prior to the intervention and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention] Proportion of adults who consume tobacco [ Prior to the intervention and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention] Proportion of adults who consume excessive amount of alcohol [ Prior to the intervention and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention] Proportion of adults with self-reported unmet need for health care [Prior to the intervention and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention] [] [] [] [ ] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [ ] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [ ] [] [] [] [] [] [ ] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [ ] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | — |
Countries
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Public ContactW.M.S.Weerakoon
Registrar in Community Medicine
Outcome results
None listed