Increasing women’s health literacy

Increasing women’s health literacy is the key to preventing cervical cancer, and various tools have been developed to assess women’s cancer health literacy. However, many of these tools come from other countries and have not been adapted to Chinese requirements.

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The adult literacy rate in 2004 was 49.6% with 55.5% for males and 43.4% for females (BBS 2004). Although the female/male ratio in primary school was 100:115, in secondary schools and universities this gap increased to 100:131 and 100:322 respectively (Ministry of Education 2002). In addition to gender inequalities, inequalities also exist by geographical areas. Only 36% of the rural women are literate, compared to 60% of urban women. However, this situation is rapidly changing in recent years.

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Diabetes is a growing problem and it is estimated that between 2007 and 2025 Germany, Italy, and France will have the greatest increases in women aged 20-79 years with diabetes mellitus (DM) (IDF 2006). For women the average death rate due to DM was 12.8 and among individual countries the highest rates were observed in Cyprus (35.5), Portugal (25.3), Austria (23.4), and Malta (19.2) (EUROSTAT 2009). The prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is higher among elderly women than among elderly men.

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Addressing rural poverty and environmental degradation therefore often requires broad cross-sectoral approaches, which must go beyond agriculture. These efforts must focus on the diversity of livelihood sources and address systemic conditions that constrain the ability of rural poor to overcome poverty. For example, efforts to increase access to health, education and other basic social services, as well as transport and communication, directly affect the ability of rural poor women and men to pursue alternative incomes on and off the farm.

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