The concept of 'health literacy'refers to the personal and relational factors that affect a
person's ability to acquire, understand and use information about health and health services …

Background Health literacy is an important health promotion concern and recently children
and adolescents have been the focus of increased academic attention. To assess the health …

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 …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Health literacy impacts children's health and educational
attainment. Therefore, determining the most appropriate pedagogical design is critical. The …

Background Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) are children with medical or
behavioral diagnoses that require services beyond those generally needed by pediatric …

Child health literacy is a 'hot topic'of late, as researchers and practitioners work to attain an
equitable and healthy future. Health literacy emphasizes the wide range of skills that people …

Introduction The STAR x Questionnaire was designed with patient and provider input, to
measure self-management and transition skills in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with …

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: Health literacy has been found to be a crucial component of successful
communication and navigation in health care. Various tools have been developed to …

Abstract Background In Germany, there are no measurement tools to assess the general
health literacy of adolescents. The aim of the study “Measurement of Health Literacy Among …