Csima Melinda, Podráczky Judit, Keresztes Viktória, Soós Evelin, Fináncz Judit
Institute of Education, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary.
MTA-MATE Early Childhood Research Group, H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary.
Children (Basel). 2024 May 10;11(5):576. doi: 10.3390/children11050576.
In early childhood, children are extremely susceptible to the acquisition of habits and the establishment of health-promoting habits. Therefore, the patterns, routines, and rules transmitted and expected by the adults surrounding the child are of paramount importance and can correlate with the level of their health literacy. Our cross-sectional, quantitative, exploratory study aimed to examine the relationships between parental health literacy and preschool children's health-related habits, using simple, non-random sampling ( = 598). In addition to the sociodemographic characteristics, the measuring tool we compiled included the standardized European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16), as well as a set of questions containing 30 statements suitable for exploring children's habit systems. The health literacy of the parents involved in our study proved to be more favorable than that of the general population. Regarding children's habit systems, we found significant differences in several areas by age group ( < 0.05) and gender ( < 0.05). The levels of parental health literacy (0.003 ≤ ≤ 0.048) and parents' education ( < 0.05) show a correlation with the children's health-related habit systems: the indicators of children with parents who have a higher level of health literacy and a higher level of education are more favorable in terms of established habits. In the long term, the formation of health-promoting habits may facilitate the internalization of favorable health behavior motives for the future, contributing to the establishment of positive physical, mental, and social health in adulthood.
在幼儿期，儿童极易养成习惯并建立促进健康的习惯。因此，孩子周围成年人传递和期望的模式、日常活动及规则至关重要，且可能与他们的健康素养水平相关。我们的横断面定量探索性研究旨在通过简单非随机抽样（n = 598）来检验父母健康素养与学龄前儿童健康相关习惯之间的关系。除社会人口学特征外，我们编制的测量工具包括标准化的欧洲健康素养调查问卷（HLS-EU-Q16），以及一组包含30条陈述的问题，适用于探索儿童的习惯体系。参与我们研究的父母的健康素养比一般人群更优。关于儿童的习惯体系，我们发现按年龄组（p < 0.05）和性别（p < 0.05）在几个方面存在显著差异。父母健康素养水平（0.003 ≤ p ≤ 0.048）和父母教育程度（p < 0.05）与儿童的健康相关习惯体系存在关联：父母健康素养水平较高且教育程度较高的儿童在已养成习惯方面的指标更优。从长远来看，促进健康习惯的形成可能有助于未来内化有利的健康行为动机，有助于在成年期建立积极的身体、心理和社会健康。
