Status and influencing factors of health literacy among college students of traditional Chinese medicine: a cross-sectional study

Compared with most studies at home and abroad, the overall level of health literacy among students of TCM colleges is high. The healthy lifestyle and behavior literacy of students in TCM colleges is better than knowledge and skill literacy, which is manifested as the separation of knowledge and practice. Gender, grade, smoking or not, being aware of the concept of "health literacy" are the influencing factors of health literacy level of students in TCM colleges.