Anne-Kathrin Mareike Loer|Olga Maria Doma?ska|Christiane Stock|Susanne Jordan
Subjective Generic Health Literacy and Its Associated Factors among Adolescents: Results of a Population-Based Online Survey in Germany
Robert Koch Institute|Robert Koch Institute|Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin|Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin|Robert Koch Institute
profound data adolescent health literacy needed requirement development health literacy promoting interventions paper aims study level generic health literacy among adolescents explore associations health literacy sociodemographic age sex family affluence migration background social social support family friends personal selfefficacy factors conducted representative crosssectional online survey four health literacy dimensions captured among 1417 years old adolescents living germany n 1235 measurement health literacy among adolescentsquestionnaire mohlaaq descriptive bivariate multiple logistic regression analyses used analyse data n 1202 found poor health literacy levelsto varying degreesin examined health literacy dimensions dealing healthrelated information 841 many difficulties healthrelated communication skills 2813 low skills attitudes toward ones health health information 881 passive attitudes healthrelated knowledge 2273 low levels identified significant associations poor health literacy levels factors studied except age results indicate need implementation evidencebased health literacyrelated promoting interventions preferentially education training institutions