Health Literacy Level
Conditions
Keywords
health literacy, motivational interview, health education, nutrition, physical activity, adolescent
Brief summary
It is important to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors such as nutrition and physical activity in adolescence. Health literacy, which is the competence of adolescents to participate in their own health decisions and takes responsibility for health, needs to be developed. Developing healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors with a focus on health literacy is important in terms of maintaining the desired behavior in adulthood. This study aims to examine the effects of health literacy-based motivational interviewing and health education on nutrition and exercise behaviors of adolescents. The research will be conducted with a single-blind randomized controlled experimental design. The population of the research consists of ninth-grade students. It is planned to include 72 people in the research sample according to the power analysis calculation. The research will be carried out with two intervention groups as motivational interview and health education and a control group.
Interventions
OTHERHealth literacy based motivaonal interview
Motivational interviewing technique was used based on health literacy.
OTHERHealth literacy based health education
Health education based on health literacy was used.
Sponsors
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
Ayşegül Akca
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
14 Years to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Continuing education in 9th grade * Volunteering to participate in the research * Permission by their families to participate in the research * Being at a low or moderate level of health literacy according to the Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children
Exclusion criteria
* Have a chronic illness * Dieting within a program * Doing regular physical activity * Having a high level of health literacy according to the Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health literacy level (Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children) | before the implementation | The level of health literacy was evaluated in three categories according to the score obtained: (10-25) points: low health literacy, (26-35) points: moderate health literacy and (36-40) points: high health literacy. By determining the health literacy level of the students, the intervention groups and the control group will be selected among the students with low and moderate health literacy levels. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed