A Fre?ian|Torsten Michael Bollweg|Orkan Okan|Paulo Pinheiro|Ullrich Bauer
Exploring Associated Factors of Subjective Health Literacy in School-Aged Children
Bielefeld University|Bielefeld University|Bielefeld University|Bielefeld University|Bielefeld University
low health literacy considered lead worse healthrelated outcomes behaviors therefore recognized social determinant health health literacy potential determinants studied adults little research conducted children study aims address research gap investigating factors associated childrens subjective health literacy crosssectional data collected fourth graders german schools selfreport questionnaire sociodemographic characteristics healthrelated attitudes motivation analyzed used hierarchical multivariate linear regression explain variance dependent variable subjective health literacy total n 907 fourth graders surveyed regarding health literacy eight ten participants 822 reported rather easy easy deal healthrelated information family affluence language spoken home significantly related subjective health literacy controlling confounding moreover parental health orientation selfefficacy motivation factors significantly associated health literacy based results study hypothesized general motivation learn new things health well environment promoting healthpositive behavior might foster childrens health literacy