Assessing historical literacy among 12‐year‐old Finns

Historical perspectives on literacy in early childhood.

PURPOSE To more fully understand current trends in preliteracy research, as well as controversies that continue to surround best teaching practices, it is essential to have an understanding of the historical evolution of ideas and practices relevant to preparing young children for learning to read. METHOD Several interrelated historical movements relevant to placing current research and pract...

Assessing Literacy in Children and Adolescents

Educational differences in self-rated physical fitness among Finns

BACKGROUND The high educated live longer and healthier lives when compared to the low educated. Physical fitness as a health indicator reflects the level of physical activity along with other health-influencing factors such as obesity, smoking, chronic diseases and individual training effects. Studies support that self-rated physical fitness correlates with objectively measured physical fitness...

Assessing Health Literacy and Its Relationship with Using Cell Phone among Adolescents

Aim: One of the most significant outcomes of health education is health literacy (HL) so that it must be widely applied for achieving health promotion. The aim of this study was assessing HL and its relationship with using cell phone in adolescents in Mashhad City. Methods: In this analytic-descriptive research, 445 high school adolescents selected with cluster sampling were assessed. For asses...

Assessing medication adherence self-efficacy among low-literacy patients: development of a pictographic visual analogue scale.

Health behavior interventions are often grounded in Social Cognitive Theory, but instruments used to assess self-efficacy rely on verbal skills and yield scores that are highly positively skewed. Based on a review of the research literature and qualitative research with key informants, a pictographic medication adherence self-efficacy scale was developed. Two studies were conducted to test the ...