Dilara Ceylan|Feyza Nur Akan Çelen|Seçil Özkan|Zehra Aycan
Promoting adolescent health: health literacy, self-efficacy and internet use
Office of Adolescent Health
adolescents mostly considered healthy population however failure acquire positive health behaviors period makes vulnerable poor health outcomes longterm chronic disorders health literacy one influential parameters promoting adolescent health study aimed determine level promoters health literacy adolescents emphasize importance internet use evaluate relationship selfefficacy health literacya total 756 adolescents aged 15 18 years attending two high schools socioeconomically different districts ankara turkey included crosssectional study survey consisting descriptive questions health literacy survey general selfefficacy scale used collect data p 005 considered statistically significantamong adolescents participated study level health literacy inadequatelimited 561 sufficient 301 excellent 138 statistically significant correlation found health literacy general selfefficacy levels r 412 p 0001 also statistically significant difference health literacy groups terms education level adolescents mothers internet use frequency selfefficacy level multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed participants whose mothers received primary school education formal education using internet regularly search health information internet poor selfefficacy levels likely inadequate level health literacy odds ratio or26 95 confidence interval ci1449 or55 95 ci12251 or17 95 ci1129 or37 95 ci26 52 respectivelyin study concluded adolescents health literacy general selfefficacy levels related furthermore health literacy level adolescents associated internet use maternal education status