The level of environmental health literacy among Chinese residents has significantly improved
2023-11-21
The monitoring results of environmental health literacy among Chinese residents in 2022, released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on November 20th, show that the level of environmental health literacy among Chinese residents has increased from 12.5% in 2018 to 18.8% in 2022- which means that on average, 18 out of every 100 residents aged 15-69 in China currently have basic environmental health literacy. Over the course of four years, the level of environmental health literacy among Chinese residents has increased by 50.4%, exceeding the target of "15% or more by 2022" proposed in the "Healthy China Action (2019-2030)". Environmental health literacy refers to citizens recognizing the value of the ecological environment and its impact on health, understanding the necessary knowledge of ecological environment protection and health risk prevention, practicing a green and healthy lifestyle, and possessing a certain degree of action ability to protect the ecological environment and maintain their own health. The monitoring results show that the level of environmental health literacy among young people in China has improved rapidly. In 2022, the environmental health literacy levels of residents aged 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60-69 were 31.6%, 34.2%, 25.3%, 14.9%, 9.1%, and 7.8%, respectively, which were 3.2 times, 1.9 times, 1.5 times, 1.3 times, 1.6 times, and 1.5 times higher than in 2018. In terms of environmental health classification literacy, the level of basic knowledge literacy has significantly improved, but it is still relatively low, and the improvement of basic behavior and skill literacy is slow. In 2022, the literacy levels of residents' basic concepts, knowledge, behaviors, and skills in environmental health were 36.1%, 14.1%, and 25.7%, respectively, which were 1.4 times, 2.4 times, and 1.0 times higher than in 2018. Overall, the level of residents' environmental health literacy shows an upward trend with increasing cultural level. At the beginning of 2022, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the "Overall Implementation Plan for Monitoring the Ecological Environment and Health Literacy of National Residents in 2022", which covers three aspects of environmental health: basic concepts, basic knowledge, basic behaviors, and skills. This monitoring adopts multi-stage random sampling, and 53210 permanent residents aged 15-69 from 752 administrative villages/neighborhood committees in 188 counties (cities, districts, and banners) of 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps were selected as the monitoring objects. 50983 valid questionnaires were obtained. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment stated that the next step will be to gradually improve the monitoring and evaluation system for residents' environmental health literacy, continuously improve the national representative monitoring network, and promote the construction of a provincial-level representative monitoring network. At the same time, according to the overall deployment of the "Healthy China Action (2019-2030)", regular monitoring of residents' environmental and health literacy levels is carried out, monitoring information is released according to procedures, promoting the application of monitoring results, and providing scientific basis for evaluating and improving literacy improvement action measures. (New News Agency)
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