The Level of Health Literacy among Future Teachers before Entering Educational Reality

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Výsledek na webu

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Level of Health Literacy among Future Teachers before Entering Educational Reality

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Level of Health Literacy among Future Teachers before Entering Educational Reality

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

The European Proceedings of Social &amp; Behavioural Sciences EpSBS

ISBN

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ISSN

2357-1330

e-ISSN

2357-1330

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

422-429

Název nakladatele

Future Academy

Místo vydání

Londýn

Místo konání akce

Barcelona

Datum konání akce

9. 10. 2019

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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