Developing Indicators to Measure Critical Health Literacy in the Context of Norwegian Lower Secondary Schools.

ABSTRACT: A critical health literacy (CHL) approach is recommended for promoting health in the school context. This construct is complex and includes three interconnected domains: (A) appraisal of critical information, (B) awareness of the social determinants of health (SDH), and (C) collective action to promote health and well-being. In recent literature reviews, no measurement instrument that covers all three domains of CHL in the school-context was found. Our aim was to develop self-reported measurement scales for each domain of CHL. The development process reported in this study was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, an initial item pool was generated based on literature reviews and focus group interviews (N = 15) with adolescents (steps 1-2). In the next steps, items were adjusted and

SUBMITTER: Haugen ALH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8910382 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature