Table 2 Study characteristics of included publications in alphabetic order, overview of study designs, country, sample, setting, and developed measurement instruments
First Author | Title | Study design/publication type | Country | Samplea | Setting | Developed Measurement instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arvanitis et al. (2020) [24] | Topical review: Proposing a developmentally informed research agenda for the study of health literacy in children | Literature Review | United States | Children (until adolescence adulthood) (age of 10 based on [25] | Daily life/Public health | NA |
Bhagat et al. (2018) [26] | The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Health Conceptualizations: An Exploratory Study of Elementary School-Aged Children | Qualitative study | United States | 8–11 years, N = 29 | After school | Yes, NVS adaptation by researchers |
Boberova et al. (2017) [27] | Democratic school health education in a post-communist country | Cluster-Randomized-Controlled Trail | Slovakia | 9–11 years, N = 180 | School | NA |
Bollweg et al. (2019) [28] | Measuring children’s health literacy: Current approaches and challenges | Systematic review (book chapter) | Germany | 6–12 years | Multiple settings | NA |
Bollweg et al. (2020) [29] | Adapting the European Health Literacy Survey for Fourth-Grade Students in Germany: Questionnaire Development and Qualitative Pretest | Measurement instrument Development study | Germany | 9–11 years, grade 4, N = 30 | School | Yes, HLS-EU-Q adapted for children (later adapted to HLS-Child-Q15-DE) |
Bollweg et al. (2020) [30] | Adapting the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire for Fourth-Grade Students in Germany: Validation and Psychometric Analysis | Validation study | Germany | 8–12 years, grade 4, N = 907 | School | Yes, HLS-Child-Q15-DE |
Brey et al. (2007) [31] | Enhancing Health Literacy through Accessing Health Information, Products, and Services: An Exercise for Children and Adolescents | Educational program design | United States | grades 6–12, [11–18 years] | School | NA |
Brown et al. (2007) [32] | Early adolescents perceptions of health and health literacy | Cross sectional study | United States | 9–13 years, grade 4, N = 1178 | Health education center | NA |
California State Dept. (2003) [33] | Health Framework for California Public Schools Kindergarten through Grade Twelve | Government report | United States | Schoolchildren from elementary to secondary school [5–10 and 11–14 years] | School | NA |
De Buhr et al. (2020) [34] | Potentials of School Nursing for Strengthening the Health Literacy of Children, Parents and Teachers | Evaluation study | Germany | 11 + years old elementary and secondary schools, N = 2530 | School | Yes, HLSAC translated in German |
Diamond et al. (2011) [35] | The development of building wellness™, a youth health literacy program | Evaluation study | United States | 7–10 years, N = 232 | After school | Yes, REALM-Teen |
Driessnack et al. (2014) [36] | Using the “Newest Vital Sign” to assess health literacy in children | Validation study | United States | 7–12 years, N = 94 (Parent-Child dyads N = 47) | Public | Yes, NVS |
Franze et al. (2011) [37] | Implementation and evaluation of the population-based programme “health literacy in school-aged children” (GeKoKidS) | Randomized controlled trial | Germany | 9–13 years, N = 882 | School | Yes, GeKoKidS self developed items |
Fretian et al. (2020) [38] | Exploring Associated Factors of Subjective Health Literacy in School-Aged Children | Cross sectional study | Germany | 9–10 years, N = 899 | School | Yes, HLS-Child-Q15-DE |
Guo et al. (2020) [39] | Adolescent Health Literacy in Beijing and Melbourne: A Cross-Cultural Comparison | Cross sectional study | Australia-China | 11–13 years, grades 7–9, N = 770 | School | NA |
Hahnraths et al. (2021) [40] | Measuring and Exploring Children’s Health Literacy in The Netherlands: Translation and Adaptation of the HLS-Child-Q15 | Measurement instrument Development study | Netherlands | 8–11 years, grades 3–4, N = 215 | School | Yes, HLS-Child-Q15-NL |
Haynes (2004) [41] | Health information @Preuss (HIP): integrating online health information into the curricula of a middle school | Educational program design | United States | 11–15 years, grades 6–9, N = 250 | School | NA |
Howe et al. (2018) [42] | Poor Performance of Children Age 7 to 13 Years on the Newest Vital Sign | Cross sectional study | United States | 7–13 years and parents, N = 251 | Public | NA |
Knisel et al. (2020) [43] | Promotion of Elementary School Students’ Health Literacy | Evaluation study | Germany | 6–12 years, grades 2–4, N = 137 | School | NA |
Kostenius et al. (2017) [44] | Health literacy in an age of technology–schoolchildren’s experiences and ideas | Qualitative study | Sweden | 10–11 years, grade 4 N = 540 | School | NA |
Liao et al. (2017) [45] | Defining Taiwanese children’s health literacy abilities from a health promotion perspective | Qualitative study | Taiwan | 11–12 years, grade 6, N = 53 | Daily life/Public health | NA |
Liu et al. (2018) [46] | Development and validation of the Taiwan Children’s Health Literacy Test | Measurement instrument Development study | Taiwan | 11–12 years, grade 6, N = 585 | School | Yes, TCHL |
Paakkari et al. (2019) [47] | Health literacy and the school curriculum: The example of Finland | Educational program design | Finland | 5–15 years | School | NA |
Schmidt et al. (2010) [48] | Health-related behavior, knowledge, attitudes, communication and social status in school children in Eastern Germany | Cross sectional study | Germany | 9–13 years (Mean 10.4), grade 5, N = 852 | School | NA |
South Dakota State Dept. (2000) [49] | South Dakota Health Education Standards: A Resource Guide for Achieving Health Literacy | Government report | United States | Grade 3–5 [8–11 years] and Grade 6–9 | School | NA |
Yu et al. (2012) [50] | Study on student health literacy gained through health education in elementary and middle schools in China | Cross sectional study | China | Elementary school grade 3 and 4 [8–10 years], N = 8008 | School | NA |