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Raiisi F. Metaphor Thematic Analysis of Health Literacy: A Qualitative Study. Health Educ Health Promot 2024; 12 (1) :1001-1015
URL: http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/article-5-73735-en.html
URL: http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/article-5-73735-en.html
Cognitive Linguistics Department. Institute of Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, Iran. , elhamaraiisi@gmail.com
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Aims: Many concepts and messages related to health literacy are metaphorical. Conceptual metaphor perception in the field of health literacy can challenge people's minds more cognitively. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the metaphors of health literacy.
Materials and Methods: The current research was conducted in a qualitative by using a thematic analysis method. Due to the large amount of data and the reduction of qualitative data to the main and fundamental themes, the Sterling's method was used. The statistical population included all review articles in the field of health literacy from different perspectives. According to the rule of theoretical saturation, 10 review articles were purposefully selected. The inclusion criteria were full text and peer review of all kind of review articles, written in English or Farsi. The articles were searched from PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, ISI, and Persian databases as Magiran and SID between 2017 and 2022.
Findings: Conceptual metaphors are used in four prominent categories as health literacy source domains, including health literacy knowledge, health literacy services, health literacy strategies, and health literacy intervention. The most common source domains in all categories of health literacy are object as "Health literacy is an object that needs to be worked on more", and force as "Health literacy is a strong determinant of preventive behaviors".
Conclusion: Conceptual metaphors will help to understand health and people's perceptions of health messages. So, health researchers can use the findings of this study in their applied studies.
Materials and Methods: The current research was conducted in a qualitative by using a thematic analysis method. Due to the large amount of data and the reduction of qualitative data to the main and fundamental themes, the Sterling's method was used. The statistical population included all review articles in the field of health literacy from different perspectives. According to the rule of theoretical saturation, 10 review articles were purposefully selected. The inclusion criteria were full text and peer review of all kind of review articles, written in English or Farsi. The articles were searched from PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, ISI, and Persian databases as Magiran and SID between 2017 and 2022.
Findings: Conceptual metaphors are used in four prominent categories as health literacy source domains, including health literacy knowledge, health literacy services, health literacy strategies, and health literacy intervention. The most common source domains in all categories of health literacy are object as "Health literacy is an object that needs to be worked on more", and force as "Health literacy is a strong determinant of preventive behaviors".
Conclusion: Conceptual metaphors will help to understand health and people's perceptions of health messages. So, health researchers can use the findings of this study in their applied studies.
Article Type: Qualitative Research |
Subject:
Health Literacy
Received: 2024/02/5 | Accepted: 2024/04/10 | Published: 2024/04/17
Received: 2024/02/5 | Accepted: 2024/04/10 | Published: 2024/04/17
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