Padmore Adusei Amoah|David Phillips|Razak M. Gyasi|Adwoa Owusuaa Koduah|Joseph Edusei
Health literacy and self-perceived health status among street youth in Kumasi, Ghana
Hong Kong Polytechnic University|Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
street youth often poor health number studies commissioned across contexts appreciate address problem conspicuously missing extant researches street youth relation health however relating health literacy study assesses general health literacy ghl association selfperceived health status among street youth kumasi ghana two hundred ninety street youth average age 18 years 31 participated study majority 78 street youth demonstrated limited ghl age education acknowledging streets home significantly associated ghl adult 032 p 001 female 026 p 005 living streets 3 years 029 p 005 acknowledging streets home 0254 p 005 significantly predicted limited ghl inadequate ghl 050 p 001 problematic ghl 039 p 001 inversely associated selfperceived health status adjusting number sociodemographic variables general health literacy thus essential improving health status group urban poor duly recognised systematically applied bid ameliorate healthrelated wellbeing street youth