Association of length of service and job category with occupational health literacy of port employees in Shenzhen, China

Wang, Jinlin1; Mo, Chunbao2; Sheng, Qiujie1; Huang, Yuehong3; Lin, Dafeng1; Liang, Yuan4; Zhang, Naixing1

2023-06-23

10.1186/s12889-023-15769-7

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH   影响因子和分区

1471-2458

BackgroundHealth literacy (HL) is associated with health outcomes, but little is known about the occupational HL (OHL) for port employees and its link to the length of service and job category.MethodA cross-sectional survey was conducted on 3492 port employees from the Occupational Health Survey for Port Employees project, and a special questionnaire was utilized to measure the OHL status. Binary and ordinal logistic regressions were used to estimate the association.ResultAmong the participants, 72.90% had sufficient OHL with a mean score (standard deviation) of 53.10 (7.26). Binary logistic regression results indicated that the association between length of service (33-40 years group Adjusted OR = 1.11; 41-49 years group Adjusted OR = 1.14; & GE;50 years group Adjusted OR = 1.19) and job category (longshoremen Adjusted OR = 0.90; driver Adjusted OR = 0.91) with OHL were statistically significant. Ordinal logistic regression results indicated that, for OHL, Adjusted OR was increased in different lengths of service level (33-40 years group, Adjusted OR = 1.50; 41-49 years group, Adjusted OR = 1.75; & GE;50 years group, Adjusted OR = 2.19), and the Adjusted OR of skilled workers was 1.60.ConclusionMost port participants had sufficient OHL, and the length of service and job category could affect OHL. The effect of the length of service may be more obvious; the length of service can promote the improvement of OHL continuously.

Length of service Job category Occupational health literacy Port employees

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英语

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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

WOS:001018609500008

BMC

SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL

2-s2.0-85162792809

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1.Shenzhen Prevent & Treatment Ctr Occupat Dis, Shenzhen 518020, Guangdong, Peoples R China
2.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Med, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Peoples R China
3.Shenzhen Chiwan Port Dev Co Ltd, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong, Peoples R China
4.Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Social Med & Hlth Management, Wuhan 430030, Peoples R China

Wang, Jinlin,Mo, Chunbao,Sheng, Qiujie,et al. Association of length of service and job category with occupational health literacy of port employees in Shenzhen, China[J]. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH,2023,23(1).

Wang, Jinlin.,Mo, Chunbao.,Sheng, Qiujie.,Huang, Yuehong.,Lin, Dafeng.,...&Zhang, Naixing.(2023).Association of length of service and job category with occupational health literacy of port employees in Shenzhen, China.BMC PUBLIC HEALTH,23(1).

Wang, Jinlin,et al."Association of length of service and job category with occupational health literacy of port employees in Shenzhen, China".BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 23.1(2023).