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dc.contributor.authorPaakkari, Olli
dc.contributor.authorTorppa, Minna
dc.contributor.authorBoberova, Zuzana
dc.contributor.authorVälimaa, Raili
dc.contributor.authorMaier, Gunter
dc.contributor.authorMazur, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorKannas, Lasse
dc.contributor.authorPaakkari, Leena
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-15T11:31:41Z
dc.date.available2020-06-15T11:31:41Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationPaakkari, O., Torppa, M., Boberova, Z., Välimaa, R., Maier, G., Mazur, J., Kannas, L., & Paakkari, L. (2019). The cross-national measurement invariance of the health literacy for school-aged children (HLSAC) instrument. <i>European Journal of Public Health</i>, <i>29</i>(3), 432-436. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky229" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky229</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_28713789
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_79467
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/69946
dc.description.abstractBackground Health literacy (HL) is an important determinant of health and health behaviours, and there is a need to monitor HL levels among all population groups. It is therefore essential to develop instruments to assess HL during childhood and adolescence. The aim of this study was to examine the cross-national measurement invariance of the instrument Health Literacy for School-aged Children (HLSAC) in four European countries. Methods The data were collected via standardized self-administered anonymous questionnaires within classrooms in Finland, Poland, Slovakia, and Belgium. There were in total 1468 respondents (aged 13, N = 690; aged 15, N = 778). The HLSAC instrument was used to measure the subjective HL of adolescents in each country. A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis was applied to test measurement invariance. Results Configural and metric invariance was established, but scalar invariance did not hold. However, the instrument exhibited high internal consistency (α = 0.85) and showed adequate fit with the data. Moreover, the partial invariance allowed comparison of mean values across the countries in question. There were significant mean value differences between countries and age-groups. Conclusions HL mean values (as assessed via the HLSAC instrument) can be compared across countries. The instrument has utility for large-scale international HL studies on adolescents.fi
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Journal of Public Health
dc.rightsIn Copyright
dc.subject.otherSuomi
dc.subject.otherBelgia
dc.subject.otherPuola
dc.subject.otherSlovakia
dc.subject.otheradolescent
dc.subject.otherBelgium
dc.subject.otherchild
dc.subject.otherFinland
dc.subject.othercountry of Poland
dc.subject.otherself administration
dc.subject.otherhealth behavior
dc.subject.otherhealth literacy
dc.subject.otherschool-age child
dc.subject.otherclassroom
dc.titleThe cross-national measurement invariance of the health literacy for school-aged children (HLSAC) instrument
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202005203360
dc.contributor.laitosLiikuntatieteellinen tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.laitosOpettajankoulutuslaitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosFaculty of Sport and Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Teacher Educationen
dc.contributor.oppiaineKasvatuspsykologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineTerveyskasvatusfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineKasvatuspsykologiaen
dc.contributor.oppiaineHealth Promotion and Health Educationen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2020-05-20T09:15:06Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange432-436
dc.relation.issn1101-1262
dc.relation.numberinseries3
dc.relation.volume29
dc.type.versionacceptedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2018 The Author(s)
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.subject.ysolapset (ikäryhmät)
dc.subject.ysoterveyskäyttäytyminen
dc.subject.ysokouluikäiset
dc.subject.ysoikäryhmät
dc.subject.ysoterveysosaaminen
dc.format.contentfulltext
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p4354
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p11100
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p6914
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5593
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p26366
dc.rights.urlhttp://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
dc.relation.doi10.1093/eurpub/cky229
dc.type.okmA1


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