Exposure to violence and other determinants of health literacy among Palestinian adolescents: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding health literacy and its predictors is fundamental for adolescents to have healthy lives. This study investigated the association between exposure to violence and other factors with health literacy levels among Palestinian middle school students.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included middle school students. We used the validated Arabic version of the Health Literacy Assessment Scale for Adolescents to measure health literacy levels, and asked adolescents 11 questions to assess whether they were exposed to various forms of violence. We used binary logistic regression to identify the factors associated with each health literacy subscale.

Results

Among the 816 students, 20.4%, 30.5%, and 50.5% had low functional, confusion, and communication

SUBMITTER: Sarhan MBA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11658375 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature