Generic health literacy measurement instruments for children and adolescents: a systematic review of the literature

• Main Authors: Orkan Okan (Author), Ester Lopes (Author), Torsten Michael Bollweg (Author), Janine Bröder (Author), Melanie Messer (Author), Dirk Bruland (Author), Emma Bond (Author), Graça S. Carvalho (Author), Kristine Sørensen (Author), Luis Saboga-Nunes (Author), Diane Levin-Zamir (Author), Diana Sahrai (Author), Uwe H. Bittlingmayer (Author), Jürgen M. Pelikan (Author), Malcolm Thomas (Author), Ullrich Bauer (Author), Paulo Pinheiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract 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 literacy of this population, researchers have been focussing on developing instruments to measure their health...