Athanassios Vozikis|Kyriakos Drivas|Kostantinos Milioris
Health literacy among university students in Greece: determinants and association with self-perceived health, health behaviours and health risks
University of Piraeus|University of Piraeus|University of Piraeus
health literacy widely considered key determinant health priority public health policy agenda low health literacy associated poorer health states broader inequalities higher health systems costs present study bring focus functional health literacy among university students greece researching assessing mainly ability apply basic knowledge health context study carried period 1530 april 2013 among random sample 1526 students 14 higher tertiary public universities technological educational institutes greece objective study assess functional health literacy among university students greece adopting short fouritem comprehension test bostock steptoe summary statistics correlations regressions used assess determinants health literacy association selfperceived health health behaviours health risks economic factors family income demographic factors gender health behaviours risks namely consumption alcohol smoking physical workout associated level health literacy health status participant results study consistent previous work area several findings worth research though health promotion interventions greece include health literacy one basic pillars public health policy agenda clear health literacy needs become key policy issue greece mainly focusing young ages healthy unhealthy behaviours established affecting health life span