The Level of Health Literacy among Future Teachers before Entering Educational Reality
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.11.51" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.11.51</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.11.51" target="_blank" >10.15405/epsbs.2019.11.51</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Level of Health Literacy among Future Teachers before Entering Educational Reality
Original language description
Health literacy is one of the basic factors that affect health and the onset and development of many diseases. The objective of international as well as national strategic documents of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health of the CR, such as Health 2020 or the Development of health literacy for 2015-2020 is to increase the level of health literacy among the population. One of the core intervention areas is education. Teachers’ level of health literacy affects its development among their students. This paper presents the results of a research study aimed at health literacy among future teachers with an emphasis on health promotion. The research was carried out in 2018/2019 and involved 180 respondents in the final year of the study programme Teaching at the Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc. The authors used a research instrument designed by the WHO and provided by the National Institute of Public Health in Prague. Applicable methodology for data analysis and evaluation was observed. The results are unsatisfactory because 97.3% of future teachers showed a problematic or inadequate level of health literacy in the area of health promotion. Students of Teaching health education for elementary schools achieved a higher average score in health literacy compared with students of other fields of Teaching, but this difference is not statistically significant. The results a need for extending the portfolio of mandatory courses in all fields of Teaching in order to increase the level of health literacy among future teachers.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences EpSBS
ISBN
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ISSN
2357-1330
e-ISSN
2357-1330
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
422-429
Publisher name
Future Academy
Place of publication
Londýn
Event location
Barcelona
Event date
Oct 9, 2019
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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