Health Information Literacy (HIL) influences the decision making of individuals towards the understanding of health-related matters. Married women are the major contributors to family members’ health decisions in a country like Pakistan, where the role of women in family life is very significant. In most families, women are responsible for food selection, cooking, management of the home, including cleanliness etc. Married working women have an integral role both at home and workplace. The current study explores the everyday health information literacy (EHIL) of 213 married working women using a survey research design with a convenient sampling technique from two prominent universities of Lahore, Pakistan. The study’s findings reveal that most of the married working women (3.57 mean value) are well-aware of the sources from where the health-related information can be obtained. Sixty-two percent of the respondents prefer using allopathic healthcare methods for medical treatment. Moreover, 38 percent of women do not understand health-related terminologies. It has been noted that age, education, nature of the job, birthplace, nuclear family system, and educational environment are the significant demographic factors that contribute towards the levels of EHIL.

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衡量日常健康信息素养：对巴基斯坦已婚职业女性的调查

健康信息素养 (HIL) 影响个人对健康相关问题的理解的决策。在像巴基斯坦这样的国家，已婚妇女是家庭成员健康决定的主要贡献者，女性在家庭生活中的作用非常重要。在大多数家庭中，女性负责食物选择、烹饪、家庭管理，包括清洁等。已婚职业女性在家庭和工作场所都扮演着不可或缺的角色。目前的研究使用来自巴基斯坦拉合尔两所著名大学的调查研究设计和便利的抽样技术，探索了 213 名已婚职业女性的日常健康信息素养 (EHIL)。研究结果表明，大多数已婚职业女性（3. 57 平均值）非常了解可以从中获取健康相关信息的来源。62% 的受访者更喜欢使用对抗疗法医疗方法进行治疗。此外，38% 的女性不了解与健康相关的术语。已经注意到，年龄、教育、工作性质、出生地、核心家庭系统和教育环境是影响 EHIL 水平的重要人口因素。