Background It has been about 30 years since the first health literacy instrument was
developed. This study aimed to review all existing instruments to summarize the current …

Objective Improving health literacy at an early age is crucial to personal health and
development. Although health literacy in children and adolescents has gained momentum in …

Rationale Adolescent pregnancy in Lao PDR is the highest in Southeast Asia. It leads to
negative health and social consequences in young people. It is anticipated that this problem …

Aims: The present paper focuses on the measurement of health literacy (HL), which is an
important determinant of health and health behaviours. HL starts to develop in childhood …

Low health literacy is considered to lead to worse health-related outcomes and behaviors
and has therefore been recognized as a social determinant of health. While health literacy …

Background Sexual and reproductive health literacy is a key to attaining and maintaining
sexual and reproductive health, especially among young people in low-income countries …

Profound data on adolescent health literacy are needed as a requirement for the
development of health literacy promoting interventions. This paper aims to study the level of …

Health literacy is a promising approach to promoting health and preventing disease among
children and adolescents. Promoting health literacy in early stages of life could contribute to …

Background Health literacy (HL) has captured the world's interest since it was first defined by
WHO in 1998. In Thailand, a number of HL scales for risk groups have been developed but …

This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Health
Literacy for School-Aged Children (HLSAC-T) scale. This study was a cross-sectional and …