Adolescents' Health Literacy and Decision-making
A Qualitative Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15330892 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sasha A Fleary (0000-0001-9237-2407, Sasha A. Fleary, Evans Family Assistant Professor, Tufts University, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Medford MA;, Email: [email protected], corresponding author), Patrece L Joseph (0000-0002-7386-3304, Tufts University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 392-408 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Health Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-3244 • E-ISSN: 1945-7359 |
| Publisher | PNG Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5993/ajhb.44.4.3 |
| PMID | 32553022 |
| OpenAlex | W3036442189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
Objective: Adolescents assume increased responsibility for their health, particularly regarding health decision-making for lifestyle behaviors. Prior research suggests a relationship between health literacy (HL) and health behaviors in adolescents. Yet, the specific role of HL in adolescents' health decision-making is unclear. This study qualitatively explored adolescents' use of HL in their health decision-making. Methods: Six focus groups with adolescents (N = 37, M age = 16.49, 86% girls) were conducted. Adolescents' responses to questions about their HL use were coded using thematic analysis. Results: Adolescents identified passive and active HL engagement and several individual (eg, future orientation, risk perception) and environmental (eg, access to resources/information, media) factors that influenced their use of HL in health decision-making. Feedback from others, subjective health, and ability to navigate multiple sources of information also determined adolescents' confidence in their HL skills. Conclusions: Our results support expanding the types of HL studied/measured in adolescents and provide insight on how HL can be leveraged to improve adolescents' health decision-making. Though there was no guiding theory for this study, results support using the Information-Motivation-Behavior Skills model to assess the HL/health decision-making relationship in adolescence
Adolescent health · Developmental psychology · Focus group · Health belief model · Health care · Health education · Health literacy · Perception · Public health · Qualitative research · Thematic analysis · Applied Psychology · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · School Health and Nursing Education · Smoking Behavior and Cessation
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |