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Vamos, Sandra, Yeung, Paul, Bruckermann, Till ORCID: 0000-0002-8789-8276, Moselen, Emma F., Dixon, Robyn, Osborne, Richard H., Chapa, Olga and Stringer, Donna (2016). Exploring Health Literacy Profiles of Texas University Students. Health Behav. Policy Rev., 3 (3). S. 209 - 226. OAK RIDGE: PARIS SCHOLAR PUBLISHING LTD. ISSN 2326-4403

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Abstract

Objectives: We used the 9-domain Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) to investigate university students' health literacy. Methods: Overall, 221 students at a university in southern Texas completed an online version of the HLQ. Socio-demographic data were collected. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Descriptive analyses of the HLQ showed that women reported higher means for Appraisal of health information and Understanding health information well enough to know what to do than men. There was a small difference in the scores of persons 15-24 years old and 25 years or older regarding Appraisal of health information. Furthermore, parents' education was associated with some elements of students' self-reported health literacy. That is, the more educated the parents, the higher the levels of health literacy reported by respondents with respect to Social support for my health. The above average socioeconomic group demonstrated the highest scores in all of the significant health literacy domains. Conclusions: This study has revealed some small to medium effect size differences across 9 domains of health literacy. Tertiary education providers could use HLQ as an early intervention tool to improve knowledge, skills, resources, and services that are necessary to create student health and health literate environments.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Vamos, Sandra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Yeung, Paul UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bruckermann, Till UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8789-8276 UNSPECIFIED Moselen, Emma F. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dixon, Robyn UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Osborne, Richard H. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Chapa, Olga UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stringer, Donna UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-277701
DOI:	10.14485/HBPR.3.3.3
Journal or Publication Title:	Health Behav. Policy Rev.
Volume:	3
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 209 - 226
Date:	2016
Publisher:	PARIS SCHOLAR PUBLISHING LTD
Place of Publication:	OAK RIDGE
ISSN:	2326-4403
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ADOLESCENTS; INSTRUMENT; MORTALITY; PROMOTION; ADULTS; RISK Multiple languages Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27770