Association of health literacy with quality of life and health outcomes among school-age children in Japan: A cross-sectional study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 20; no. 5; p. e0324456
• Main Authors: Ninohei, Mika, Sugimori, Hiroki, Ito, Naoko, Igarashi, Ataru, Kigawa, Mika, Miyazawa, Junko, Hirao, Maki, Suzuki, Keiko, Odajima, Takeshi, Nakayama, Takeo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 20.05.2025; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Analysis; Child; Children; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data analysis; Elementary school students; Exercise; Female; Health aspects; Health Behavior; Health literacy; Health Literacy - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Japan; Literacy; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Nutrition; Parental behavior; People and Places; Physical activity; Public health; Quality of Life; Regression analysis; Social aspects; Social Sciences; Students; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teenagers; Youth; Japan; Germany

Health literacy is a modifiable determinant of health with the potential to enhance public health. An association between health literacy and health-related quality of life has been reported. Although each country has developed their own original health literacy scales, the assessment of adolescent...