Olli Paakkari|Minna Torppa|Jari Villberg|Lasse Kannas|Leena Paakkari
Subjective health literacy among school-aged children
University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä|University of Jyväskylä
purpose purpose paper explore finnish adolescents subjective health literacy hl association school achievement learning difficulties educational aspirations family affluence designmethodologyapproach nationally representative data collected finland part international health behaviour schoolaged children study respondents consisted total 3833 adolescents 7th 9th graders 359 schools health literacy schoolaged children instrument applied measure adolescents subjective hl family affluence scale used measure adolescents socioeconomic status information gathered school achievement learning difficulties educational aspirations findings approximately onethird adolescents manifested high level hl around 60 per cent moderate level hl onetenth low hl hl level lower boys girls lower 7th graders 9th graders total sample strongest explanatory variables hl school achievement first language educational aspirations originalityvalue study provides first nationally representative examination adolescents subjective hl levels vary across age gender groups drawing conclusions presenting suggestions hl interventions important verify nature hl examined given study researched