Nierówności w health literacy – aspekty przestrzenne i edukacyjne2
Inequalities in health literacy – spatial and educational aspects

Summary/Abstract: Health literacy is the ability of an individual to “read health” by accessing information and usingit effectively to maintain good health. This is manifested by understanding the content provided inmedical information, the ability to use medical services and then respecting the recommendations ofprofessionals. However, there are numerous inequalities here. These inequalities are related both tothe type of education (differences between students studying in different types of schools) and space,and not only between regions, but also within regions, i.e. between young people living in cities andthose living in rural areas.The aim of the article is to indicate the inequalities regarding the health literacy of adultlearning youths in the Mazowieckie voivodeship, taking into account the type of education: generalsecondary schools, technical and industry schools, as well as the spatial arrangement (urban –rural) and the presentation of the diagnostic (research) survey: “Youth of Mazowsze”. The thesis of the study is the statement that inequalities in health behaviours depend on the type of educationand on spatial differences. The study was carried out among young people studying in secondaryschools in 2017/2018. The research tool here is the author’s questionnaire designed for the purposeof the research, to be used in an auditorium interview. Based on the study in the field of healthliteracy, it was assessed how the type of education affects the assessment of one’s own health andthe awareness of the possibility of shaping it by one’s own behaviour, where individual selectedbehaviours were taken into account, and then the differentiation of these behaviours between thecity and the countryside.In the light of the “Youth of Mazowsze” study, one can observe among the respondents of theMazowieckie Voivodship, especially from trade schools, a general, relatively lower assessment oftheir own health and health behaviours compared to the rest of the surveyed youth. However, therewere no differences between the city and the countryside.

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