Kontakt 2018, 20(4):e326-e332 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2018.10.007

Health literacy of children and adolescentsNursing - Review article

Alena Machová*, Iva Brabcová
Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, Ústav ošetřovatelství, porodní asistence a neodkladné péče, České Budějovice, Česká republika

Health literacy is a person's ability to search for relevant sources regarding health, understand the information, and use it adequately to improve their behaviour in order to support their own health. The goal of this article is to analyze academic publications which are focused on the assessment of the health literacy of children and adolescents. We used the method of content analysis. The sources were searched for in the databases EBSCO, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Web of Science and Willey between April and May 2018. Based on the analysis of the sources, it is possible to say that most of the studies were carried out outside of Europe. Aside from one qualitative and one quantitative-qualitative study, all studies were quantitative. They mostly use the standardized assessment scales TOFHLA, REALM-Teens and NVS. The respondents were children and adolescents. Some studies were focused on children and adolescents with specific needs or social problems.

Keywords: Health literacy; Children; Adolescents

Received: August 16, 2018; Revised: September 21, 2018; Accepted: October 8, 2018; Published: November 30, 2018  Show citation

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Machová A, Brabcová I. Health literacy of children and adolescents. Kontakt. 2018;20(4):e326-332. doi: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2018.10.007.
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