Media Health Literacy (MHL): Development and Measurement of the Concept among Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Levin-Zamir, Diane; Lemish, Dafna; Gofin, Rosa
Titel	Media Health Literacy (MHL): Development and Measurement of the Concept among Adolescents
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 26 (2011) 2, S.323-335 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyr007
Schlagwörter	Health Promotion; Health Behavior; Criticism; Adolescents; Multivariate Analysis; Grade 7; Mass Media; Empowerment; Grade 9; Grade 11; Foreign Countries; Females; Mothers; Parent Background; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Kritik; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Multivariate Analyse; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Massenmedien; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Ausland; Weibliches Geschlecht; Mother; Mutter; Elternhaus
Abstract	Increasing media use among adolescents and its significant influence on health behavior warrants in-depth understanding of their response to media content. This study developed the concept and tested a model of Media Health Literacy (MHL), examined its association with personal/socio-demographic determinants and reported sources of health information, while analyzing its role in promoting empowerment and health behavior (cigarette/water-pipe smoking, nutritional/dieting habits, physical/sedentary activity, safety/injury behaviors and sexual behavior). The school-based study included a representative sample of 1316 Israeli adolescents, grades 7, 9 and 11, using qualitative and quantitative instruments to develop the new measure. The results showed that the MHL measure is highly scalable (0.80) includes four sequenced categories: identification/recognition, critical evaluation of health content in media, perceived influence on adolescents and intended action/reaction. Multivariate analysis showed that MHL was significantly higher among girls ([beta] = 1.25, P less than 0.001), adolescents whose mothers had higher education ([beta] = 0.16, P = 0.04), who report more adult/interpersonal sources of health information ([beta] = 0.23, P less than 0.01) and was positively associated with health empowerment ([beta] = 0.36, P less than 0.0005) and health behavior ([beta] = 0.03, P = 0.05). The findings suggest that as a determinant of adolescent health behavior, MHL identifies groups at risk and may provide a basis for health promotion among youth. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10