title: What does health literacy mean to children?
abstract: This study employed the Delphi technique to define the meaning of health literacy to children and to investigate possible ways lead to them to become health literate. According to the experts' perspectives, the meaning of health literacy to children is "to perform physical and psycho-social activities with appropriate standards; being able to interact with people; cope with necessary changes and demand reasonable autonomy so as to achieve complete physical, mental and social well-being". In order to assist children develop healthy physical, psycho-social well-being so as to demonstrate that they are health literate, parents, teachers and significant others have to support and guide the children by demonstrating good practices regarding health-related behaviors. The study serves as a reference for developing healthy childhood that leads to healthy adulthood and healthy elderly.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong, SAR, China.
authors.forename: May S M
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Fok
authors.forename: Thomas K S
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002669:Child Welfare; D003376:Counseling; D003697:Delphi Technique; D004522:Educational Status; D005178:Faculty; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D010372:Pediatrics; D002666:Psychology, Child; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires