Health literacy refers to the ability of individuals to obtain and understand basic health information and services, and make correct decisions by using these information and services to maintain and promote their own health.

The evaluation index of residents' health literacy is included in the national health development plan as an evaluation index that comprehensively reflects the national health development. Citizen's health literacy includes three aspects: basic knowledge and ideas, healthy lifestyle and behavior, and basic skills.

According to the data released by the National Health and Wellness Committee, the health literacy level of Chinese residents will reach 23. 15% in 2020, which is 3.98 percentage points higher than that in 20 19, and the growth rate is the fastest in the past years. According to the data released by the National Health and Wellness Committee, the level of residents' health literacy has increased to 25.4%, and the proportion of people who regularly participate in physical exercise has reached 37.2%.

The monitoring results show that in 20021year, the health literacy level of urban residents in China was 30.70%, and that of rural residents was 22.02%, which were 2.62 and 2.00 percentage points higher than that in 2020 respectively. The health literacy levels of residents in eastern, central and western regions were 30.40%, 23.83% and 19.42%, respectively, which increased by 1.34, 2.82 and 2.70 percentage points compared with 2020.

The level of basic knowledge and concept literacy of urban and rural residents is 37.66%, the level of healthy lifestyle and behavior literacy is 28.05%, and the level of basic skills literacy is 24.28%, which are 0.5 1, 1.6 1 .06 percentage points higher than that in 2020.

Health literacy includes the following abilities:

1, Access to and understanding of health information: Access to health information through various channels, such as publicity materials of medical institutions, health education courses, Internet, etc. , and can understand the content and significance of this information.

2. Health information evaluation: The obtained health information can be evaluated to judge its authenticity, reliability and applicability, so as to avoid being misled by false information.

3. Use health information: be able to apply the acquired and understood health information to real life, such as improving eating habits, increasing exercise and maintaining mental health.