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Assessing adolescents' critical health literacy: How is trust in government leadership associated with knowledge of COVID-19?

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cam.issuedOnline2021-11-24
dc.contributor.authorMathews, Channing J
dc.contributor.authorMcGuire, Luke
dc.contributor.authorJoy, Angelina
dc.contributor.authorLaw, Fidelia
dc.contributor.authorWinterbottom, Mark
dc.contributor.authorRutland, Adam
dc.contributor.authorDrews, Marc
dc.contributor.authorHoffman, Adam J
dc.contributor.authorMulvey, Kelly Lynn
dc.contributor.authorHartstone-Rose, Adam
dc.contributor.orcidMathews, Channing J [0000-0002-4716-2299]
dc.contributor.orcidHoffman, Adam J [0000-0001-5508-3905]
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-07T16:54:11Z
dc.date.available2022-01-07T16:54:11Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2022-01-07T16:54:11Z
dc.description.abstractThis study explored relations between COVID-19 news source, trust in COVID-19 information source, and COVID-19 health literacy in 194 STEM-oriented adolescents and young adults from the US and the UK. Analyses suggest that adolescents use both traditional news (e.g., TV or newspapers) and social media news to acquire information about COVID-19 and have average levels of COVID-19 health literacy. Hierarchical linear regression analyses suggest that the association between traditional news media and COVID-19 health literacy depends on participants' level of trust in their government leader. For youth in both the US and the UK who used traditional media for information about COVID-19 and who have higher trust in their respective government leader (i.e., former US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson) had lower COVID-19 health literacy. Results highlight how youth are learning about the pandemic and the importance of not only considering their information source, but also their levels of trust in their government leaders.
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.79882
dc.identifier.eissn1932-6203
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.otherPMC8612506
dc.identifier.other34818322
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/332436
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259523
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceessn: 1932-6203
dc.sourcenlmid: 101285081
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAdolescent Behavior
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectGovernment
dc.subjectHealth Behavior
dc.subjectHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
dc.subjectHealth Literacy
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInformation Seeking Behavior
dc.subjectLeadership
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2
dc.subjectSocial Media
dc.subjectSurveys and Questionnaires
dc.subjectTrust
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.titleAssessing adolescents' critical health literacy: How is trust in government leadership associated with knowledge of COVID-19?
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-10-20
prism.issueIdentifier11
prism.publicationNamePLoS One
prism.volume16
pubs.funder-project-idU.S. National Science Foundation (DRL-1831593)
pubs.funder-project-idWellcome Trust (206259/Z/17/Z)
pubs.funder-project-idEconomic and Social Research Council (206259/Z/17/Z)
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1371/journal.pone.0259523

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