Ariese Vincent Barca|Reinlynne Bajar|Amanda Caniezo|Monique Louise Dizon|Christian Jay S. Orte
Relationship between Health Literacy and Health-Promoting Behaviors among Teen Pregnant Mothers
background teenagers became pregnant face many pregnancy difficulties less likely enough physical development withstand healthy pregnancy give birth thus health literacy promotion healthy behavior among pregnant mothers paramount importance study aimed assess relationship health literacy healthpromoting behaviors among selected teen pregnant mothers attaining maternal healthx0d methods descriptivecorrelational design employed study total 46 respondents participated study purposive sampling technique research instruments used adolescent health promotion scale comprehensive shortform health literacy survey tool patients general frequency percentage descriptive mean spearman rank correlation used analyze data gatheredx0d results results showed teen pregnant mothers high levels health literacy n216 low levels healthpromoting behavior n345 lastly found variables statistically nonsignificant rs 47 0127 p 0393 otherx0d conclusion study found significant relationship health literacy healthpromoting behaviors among teen pregnant mothers