Kevin Dadaczynski|Katharina Rathmann|Thomas Hering|Orkan Okan
The Role of School Leaders’ Health Literacy for the Implementation of Health Promoting Schools
Fulda University of Applied Sciences|Leuphana University of Lüneburg|Fulda University of Applied Sciences|Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal|Bielefeld University
promotion health literacy seen urgent goal public health education hence integrated school context component holistic health promoting school hps approach however limited empirical studies addressed health literacy school staff far hence study aimed examine level health literacy among school leaders association extent hps implementationa crosssectional study n 680 school principals members school management board germany carried end 2018 individual health literacy attitudes competencies towards hps occupational selfefficacy served independent variables level hps implementation dependent variable data analyzed using univariate bivariate analysis well multiple binary logistic regression293 school leaders show limited health literacy significantly higher values found male respondents regression analyses revealed male gender 191 95 ci 122299 hps attitudes 317 95 ci 213472 hps competencies 366 95 ci 243550 associated lower level hps implementation furthermore regression analyses differentiated gender showed limited health literacy associated low level hps implementation male school leaders 281 95 ci 122645the promotion health literacy especially male leaders would result positive effects individual level also could contribute stronger implementation activities school health promotion suggest integrating health literacy hps attitudes competencies strongly qualification training school leaders