Health literacy and the school curriculum : The example of Finland
Paakkari, O., & Paakkari, L. (2019). Health literacy and the school curriculum : The example of Finland. In O. Okan, U. Bauer, D. Levin-Zamir, P. Pinheiro, & K. Sørensen (Eds.), International Handbook of Health Literacy : Research, practice and policy across the lifespan (pp. 521-534). Policy Press. http://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=1005225
Date
2019Copyright
© Authors & Policy Press, 2019
Publisher
Policy PressParent publication ISBN
978-1-4473-4451-3Is part of publication
International Handbook of Health Literacy : Research, practice and policy across the lifespan
Original source
http://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=1005225Publication in research information system
https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/32312597
Metadata
Show full item recordCollections
- Liikuntatieteiden tiedekunta [2482]
License
Related items
Showing items with similar title or keywords.
-
Health Literacy : Talking the Language of (School) Education
Paakkari, Leena; Okan, Orkan (Institute for Healthcare Advancement, 2019) -
Objective health literacy skills among ninth graders in Finland : outcomes from a national learning assessment
Summanen, Anna-Mari; Rautopuro, Juhani; Kannas, Lasse K.; Paakkari, Leena T. (SAGE Publications, 2022)Background: Health literacy (HL) is an important determinant for maintaining and improving health throughout the lifespan. This underlines the need to monitor HL, including among adolescents, and to understand the factors ... -
Ethical issues in the teaching and learning of health topics in schools: the conceptions of teacher trainees
Paakkari, Leena; Välimaa, Raili (Elsevier, 2013)There has been little research on how teacher trainees can be educated to deal with ethical issues, or on trainees' conceptions of these issues. Using written essays, this study aimed to examine health education teacher ... -
Adolescent Health Literacy and Neighbourhood Features : HBSC Findings from Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia
Kleszczewska, Dorota; Porwit, Katarzyna; Boberova, Zuzana; Sigmund, Eric; Vasickova, Jana; Paakkari, Leena (MDPI AG, 2021)The role of supportive environments on health, wellbeing, and longevity has been widely recognized. However, there is no strong empirical evidence on the association between health literacy (HL) as a particular health-related ... -
Measuring Health Literacy in Childhood and Adolescence with the Scale Health Literacy in School-Aged Children – German Version : The Psychometric Properties of the German-Language Version of the WHO Health Survey Scale HLSAC
Fischer, Saskia M.; Dadaczynski, Kevin; Sudeck, Gorden; Rathmann, Katharina; Paakkari, Olli; Paakkari, Leena; Bilz, Ludwig; the HBSC Study Group Germany (Hogrefe Publishing Group, 2022)Health literacy can help explain health inequalities in childhood and adolescence. However, suitable instruments for assessing health literacy in this age group are rare, especially in the German-speaking countries. One ...