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adolescents required take increased responsibility health although health literacy implicated adults health decisionmaking health behaviors little known adolescents health literacy relationship health behaviors furthermore adolescent health literacy research overlooks adolescent developmentspecific needs skills therefore qualitatively explored adolescents 1 definitions health literacy preventive health behaviors health risk behaviors 2 perception health literacyhealth behavior relationship six semistructured focus groups conducted adolescents n 37 answered questions perceptions health literacy preventive health behaviors health risk behaviors focus groups coded using thematic analysis themes representing adolescents definitions health literacy secondarily coded alignment definitions literature adolescents health literacy definitions aligned adult health literacy literature considered health literacy tool informed decisionmaking acknowledged always using skills adolescents definitions health literacy multidimensional going beyond numeracy literacy skills developmental characteristics adolescents definition health risk behaviors related use health literacy skills opportunities adolescents develop practice health literacy skills discussed