How Health Literate are the iGeneration Filipinos? Health Literacy Among Filipino Early Adolescents in Middle Schools

• Main Authors: Javier, Roberto, Jr., Tiongco, Marites, Jabar, Melvin
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Filipinos; Filipino youth; health; health education; health literacy; iGeneration
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol19/iss3/3; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1237/viewcontent/RA_202_20__20revised2.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper describes the level of health literacy among middle school students in the Philippines. It specifically determines their level of knowledge of health as well as their health-related skills, attitudes, and values. This paper assumes that middle school children, being part of the iGeneratio...