Health literacy mediating the association between health information sources and oral health knowledge among Palestinian adolescent refugees: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral health diseases pose a major global and public health problem. Access to trusted sources of information might be pivotal for improving health knowledge levels. Health knowledge can be considered a consequence of having or lacking the appropriate health literacy skills. This study identified the association between the number of health information sources and oral health knowledge (OHK) mediated by health literacy.

Methods

This cross-sectional household survey targeted Palestinian adolescent refugees in Ramallah and Al-Bireh District of the West Bank, Palestine. We measured OHK using seven questions about basic oral and dental health information. We used the Arabic Health Literacy Assessment Scale for Adolescents to measure health literacy levels. We also aske

SUBMITTER: Sarhan MBA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12023511 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature