Health Literacy

Lenartz, Norbert; Soellner, Renate; Rudinger, Georg

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-06477-8_15-1

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“…Therefore, the aim of the present study is to investigate the relationships between the different aspects of HL and PA, not only with subjectively (questionnaire) but also with objectively (accelerometry) measured PA data. In line with the literature [2][3][4]18] and the structural model by Lenartz [7], we hypothesize a positive correlation between HL and both measures of PA. Lenartz [7] and Soellner et al [8].…”

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“…The validated structural model of HL introduced by Lenartz [7] and Soellner et al [8] (see Figure 1) provides a possible theoretical explanation of the influence of HL on health behavior. In short, health behavior and health are the result of two basic and six secondary abilities, all of which define HL.…”

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“…In short, health behavior and health are the result of two basic and six secondary abilities, all of which define HL. In this model, basic knowledge of health and basic skills concerning health build the foundation, e.g., the ability to read health-related manuals [9] and understand terms describing the body [7]. These basic abilities influence the secondary abilities.…”

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“…Someone with high self-control is disciplined in pursuing personal goals [11], whereas regulatory processes help to deal with self-congruent and -incongruent topics (self-regulation, e.g., being able to relax) [11]. Lastly, communication and cooperation describes behavior which intends to establish and maintain good relationships with others [7]. HL in the field of health-promoting behavior, compared to 11.5% for prevention and 10.3% for dealing with diseases [6].…”

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“…HL was derived from the German questionnaire by Lenartz [7]. The questionnaire is a self-report instrument which requires the participants to rate 29 health statements on a four-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree).…”

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Studies show that high health literacy (HL) can support the promotion and maintenance of healthy behavior such as physical activity (PA). However, most studies rely on subjective data. The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between HL and PA, not only with subjectively but also with objectively measured PA data. The present study is a pooled analysis of baseline data from the research association TRISEARCH (2015–2018), which focused on the HL of working adults. HL was measured by Lenartz’ questionnaire, and PA by the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ; n = 1056). A subsample (n = 124) also received accelerometers (Actigraph GT3X+) to provide more objective PA data. Partial correlations and regression models were used to investigate the relationship between HL and questionnaire- and accelerometer-derived PA. Very low and medium partial correlations could be found for HL subscales and daily PA by questionnaire (r = −0.06, p < 0.05) and accelerometer (r = 0.26, p < 0.01). No subscale of HL made a significant contribution to the amount of daily PA (all p > 0.05). Not all subscales of HL seem to have an influence on the occurrence of healthy behavior, such as PA. This should be considered when HL-based interventions are designed. Further investigation of the relationship between HL and PA is needed. Objective assessments of both HL and PA can provide additional information for this task.

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