Young people develop health literacy skills in a variety of environments, facing critical thinking challenges about their health from school, home and family life, peers and social life, and online. To explore the development of health literacy skills in youth, the Roundtable on Health Literacy convened a workshop on November 19, 2019, in Washington, DC. Presenters at the workshop discussed factors relating to health literacy skills and ways to further develop those skills among youth from early childhood to young adulthood. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.

Contents

• The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
• PLANNING COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPING HEALTH LITERACY SKILLS IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH
• ROUNDTABLE ON HEALTH LITERACY
• Reviewers
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• 1. Introduction
  • REFERENCES
• 2. Setting the Stage
  • HEALTH LITERACY IN YOUTH: MILESTONES AND DEVELOPMENT
    H. Shonna Yin.
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 3. Places: Where Youth Confront Health Literacy Challenges and Develop Skills
  • HEALTH LITERACY IN SCHOOLS
    Lloyd Kolbe.
  • HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS
    Laura Noonan.
  • HEALTH LITERACY AND YOUTH ONLINE
    Jennifer Manganello.
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 4. People: Research and Lessons from Addressing Specific Populations' Health Literacy Needs
  • HEALTH LITERACY FOR YOUTH WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
    Deena Chisolm.
  • COMMUNICATING WITH A HIGH-RISK YOUNG ADULT POPULATION: W.E.I.G.H.T. STUDY
    Gail Nunlee-Bland.
  • HEALTH LITERACY IN YOUNG ADULTS AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE
    Steven Hoffman.
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 5. Partnerships and Community: Working with Youth and Their Communities to Address Their Health Literacy Needs
  • DEVELOPING YOUTH PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
    Hannah Lane.
  • WORKING WITH PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT HEALTH LITERACY IN A SCHOOL
    Rory Parnell.
  • FINDING COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING SELF-ADVOCACY SKILLS
    Sneha Dave.
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCE
• 6. Reflections on the Workshop
  • PREPARED REMARKS
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• Appendix A. Workshop Agenda
• Appendix B. Biographical Sketches of Workshop Moderators, Speakers, and Panelists

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Developing health literacy skills in children and youth: Proceedings of a workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25888.

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/25888

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