Title Moksleivių sveikatos raštingumo įgūdžiai, pedagogų nuomonė apie moksleivių sveikatos raštingumą /
Translation of Title Schoolchildren health literacy habits, teachers opinion of schoolchildren health literacy.
Authors Ivanauskaitė, Aistė
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Pages 83
Keywords [eng] Schoolchildren ; health ; literacy ; habits.
Abstract [eng] The paper deals with the theoritical evaluation analysis of schoolchildren health literacy habits. Hypothesis: probable that schoolchildren health literacy habits are insufficient, but it is thought that schoolgirls‘ health literacy habits are better than schoolboys‘. It is important to note that the interrogatory by filling in the form is also under consideration to investigate the schoolchildren health literacy habits. The fact-finding is made and shown in statistics (descriptive averages, K independent samples Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney independent samples test). The presence of 151 schoolchildren of general education school and 70 general teachers. In the empirical part were analyzing schoolchildren health literacy habits (health care, eating habits, physical activity, disease risk, healthy environment, information searching and adapting habits). The most important empirical conclusions that were drawn are:  Clarified that health literacy is personal aspiration to understand, process and find information about health. Health literacy habits helps to control the risk which can cause health disease, also helps to strengthen health and increase quality assurance of health care. The scientific literature analyzation about schoolchildren health literacy habits showed that there are made a lot of findings about schoolchildren health literacy habits in general education schools which show insufficient quantity of health literacy habits.  Regard of analysis of research data based on other auhtor findings can state that adoslescents health literacy habits in general education schools are insufficient to take care of their health and make decisions.  Find out statistical significant difference in schoolgirls and schoolboys health literacy habits, showed that schoolgirls health literacy habits are better than schoolboys.  Subjective opinion of general teachers showed that schoolchildrens health literacy knowledge are good: schoolchildrens can find, adapt and choose information, but health literacy habits are insufficent.  Analysis of research proved to hypothesis that schoolchildren health literacy habits in general education schools are insufficient. Analyzing the difference between schoolgirls and schoolboys showed that schoolgirls have better health literacy habits than schoolboys.
Dissertation Institution Šiaulių universitetas.
Type Master thesis
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2018