TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Health literacy and active transport in Austria: results from a rural setting
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Hofer-Fischanger, Kathrin
A1  - Fuchs-Neuhold, Bianca
A1  - Müller, Alexander
A1  - Grasser, Gerlinde
A1  - van Poppel, Mireille N. M.
SP  - e1404
EP  - e1404
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
N2  - Health literacy (HL) has been determined for the general population and for subgroups, though the relationship between HL and active transport in rural areas was not explored. The aim of our study is to investigate HL among citizens in an Austrian rural region and to explore the associations between HL and active transport. This cross-sectional telephone survey included 288 adults (171 women) with a mean age of 57.8 (SD 0.9). HL was assessed using the HLS-EU-Q16 questionnaire. Active transport was measured as the minutes per week spent on walking or cycling from A to B. After descriptive analysis, the association between HL and active transport was assessed using linear regression models. The mean HL score for all participants was 37.1 (SD 7.7). Among all subjects, 6.9% showed inadequate HL, 25.7% problematic HL, 38.9% sufficient HL, and 28.5% excellent HL. HL was significantly higher among citizens with high education (<i>p</i> = 0.04) and training/employment in healthcare (<i>p</i> = 0.001). Active transport was not associated with HL (<i>p</i> = 0.281). Active transport in rural areas might be influenced by other predictors like distance to work, street connectivity, and accessible facilities for walking and biking. This needs to be explored further for rural areas.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041404
ID  - ref1
ER  -