March 3, 2026

Primary Education Teachers’ Health Literacy

Key Points

Health literacy among Greek primary education teachers is significantly high, enhancing their capability to manage health-related information.
The study found that higher educational qualifications and financial capacity correlate with elevated health literacy levels.
Data was gathered from 998 primary education teachers using the Health Literacy Questionnaire to assess their understanding of health issues.
Implications highlight the need for ongoing professional development to sustain and improve health literacy within this workforce.

Abstract

eachers’healthliteracyisessentialforthedevelopmentofhealtheducationprogramsandstu-dents’healthliteracy.ThepurposeofthisstudywastoexaminethehealthliteracylevelsofGreekprimaryeducationteachers.WegathereddatafromN=998primaryeducationteachersworkinginpublicorprivateschoolsinGreeceusingtheHealthLiteracyQuestionnaire(HLQ)developedbyFletcher(2014).ResultsindicatedthatGreekprimaryeducationteachers’healthliteracywashighwiththosewithhighereducationalqualifications,thoseaged31–50years,andthosewithhighermonthlyfamilyincomedemonstratingstatisticallysignificanthigherlevelsofhealthliter-acy.Thesefindingssuggestedthatfactorssuchasprofessionalmaturity,continuouslearning,financialcapacity,andlifeexperiencepositivelyinfluencetheabilitytoaccess,understand,andapplyhealth-relatedinformation.Theimplementationoftargetedhealtheducationprogramsandcontinuousprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitiesisessentialtosustainandfurtherim-provehealthliteracyamongtheteachingworkforceinGreece.

Primary Education Teachers’ Health Literacy

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