Abstract:Objective To understand the status of basic skill of health literacy among residents in Beijing Chaoyang District, so as to provide a basis for health intervention.Methods A stratified multi-stage sampling method was used to select 1,873 residents aged 15 to 69 years old as respondents, and a questionnaire survey was adopted. SPSS 13.0 software was used for statistical analysis.Results In total, 1,850 data was valid, and the effective rate was 98.77%. The level of basic skill of health literacy among residents in Chaoyang District was 36.32%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that regions, education, and household registration were the main influencing factors of basic skill of health literacy. Compared with township residents, the O^R value of basic skill of health literacy among street residents was 1.257 (95% CI: 1.029, 1.535); Referring to residents who went to elementary school and below, the level of basic skill of health literacy among residents who went to high school/technical school, junior college/school and above were higher, and the O^R value were 2.671 (95% CI: 1.509, 4.728) and 3.396 (95% CI: 1.934, 5.962); the literacy level of local residents is higher than that of foreign residents [O^R =1.353 (95% CI: 1.054, 1.735) ].Conclusion It is important to strengthen behavioral intervention and skills training for township residents, residents with low educational level, and migrants from other places to comprehensively improve the basic skill of health literacy among residents in Chaoyang District.