Athletics Research Center, Linköping University, Sweden; Swedish Athletics Association, Sweden; Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
Athletics Research Center, Linköping University, Sweden; Center for Health Services Development, Region Östergötland, Sweden.
J Sci Med Sport. 2021 Jul;24(7):627-634. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.02.001. Epub 2021 Feb 16.
The aim was to describe levels of subjective Health Literacy (HL), and to examine possible differences in prevalence proportions between sexes, age groups and level of educations among youth athletes and their mentors (coaches, parents/caregivers) in Swedish Athletics.
Cross-sectional.
Data on subjective HL were collected using the Swedish Communicative and Critical Health Literacy (S-CCHL) instrument for mentors and for youth the School-Aged Children (HLSAC) instrument. Questions assessing mentors' literacy on sports injury and return to play were also included.
The surveys were completed by 159 (91%) mentors and 143 youth athletes (87%). The level of S-CCHL was sufficient in 53% of the mentors. Of youth athletes, 28% reported a high level of HL and the item with least perceived high HL (21%) was critical thinking. Ninety-four percent of the mentors believed that it is quite possible to prevent injuries in athletics and 53% perceived having a very good knowledge about how to prevent injuries. Forty-six percent of the mentors perceived having a very good knowledge of return to sport criteria.
The level of health literacy was low with about half of the mentors and one out of three youth athletes having adequate HL levels. Only half of the mentors stated having a good knowledge of various injury prevention strategies. To reduce health consequences in youth sport and enable talent development more work is needed to understand the facilitators and barriers for the uptake of various health promotion and injury prevention strategies.
本研究旨在描述瑞典田径运动员及其指导者（教练、家长/照顾者）的主观健康素养（HL）水平，并探讨不同性别、年龄组和教育程度之间的流行率差异。
横断面研究。
使用瑞典交际和批判健康素养（S-CCHL）工具对指导者进行主观 HL 数据收集，对青少年使用青少年健康素养量表（HLSAC）。还包括评估指导者对运动损伤和重返比赛的读写能力的问题。
共完成 159 名（91%）指导者和 143 名青少年运动员（87%）的调查。53%的指导者具有足够的 S-CCHL 水平。28%的青少年运动员报告具有较高的 HL 水平，而感知批判性思维能力最高的项目（21%）则最低。94%的指导者认为在田径运动中预防受伤是很有可能的，53%的指导者认为他们对预防受伤的知识非常了解。46%的指导者认为他们对重返运动的标准有很好的了解。
健康素养水平较低，约一半的指导者和三分之一的青少年运动员具有足够的 HL 水平。只有一半的指导者表示对各种预防受伤策略有很好的了解。为了减少青少年运动中的健康后果并促进人才发展，需要更多的工作来了解各种健康促进和预防受伤策略的促进因素和障碍。
