Fen Chu-Ko|Meng-Ling Chong|Chi-Jung Chung|Chun?Chi Chang|Hsin?Yi Liu|Li?Chi Huang
Exploring the factors related to adolescent health literacy, health-promoting lifestyle profile, and health status
Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management|Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital|China Medical University|Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management|Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management|China Medical University|China Medical University|China Medical University Hospital
health literacy concerned key factor determining use health information promoting health study aimed explore adolescent health literacy healthpromoting lifestyle profile health status related factorsa crosssectional study design used 918 first year junior college students recruited taiwan measurements chinese health literacy survey questionnaire hlscq chinese healthpromoting lifestyle profile hplps health status questionnairethe mean score health literacy 3615 621 3017 participants insufficient problematic health literacy 199 participants obese 112 experienced emotional instability health literacy healthpromoting lifestyle profile showed significant positive negative correlations perceived health status depression respectively p 005 exercise frequency 3 timesweek predictor health literacy healthpromoting lifestyle profile emotional stabilityadolescent health literacy healthpromoting lifestyle profile health status require careful consideration adolescents developing regular exercise may increase health literacy thereby developing healthy lifestyle profiles ameliorating obesity depressionrelated issues