20.500.12556/DKUM-92027 Are health literacy and physical literacy independent concepts? A gender-stratified analysis in medical school students from Croatia Health literacy (HL) and physical literacy (PL) are concepts responsible for achieving and maintaining positive health behaviors. This study aimed to investigate gender-specific associations: (i) between PL and HL; and (ii) among HL, PL, and body composition. We observed 253 students attending health-area high schools from southern Croatia (181 girls; 16.9 ± 1.4 years). HL was assessed by the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire, PL by the PLAYself questionnaire, and body composition by bioimpedance analysis. The t-test was used to assess the differences between genders, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated to establish the associations between variables. The results showed a similar level of HL (t-test = 0.2; p = 0.83) and PL (t-test = 0.01; p = 0.99) in boys and girls. Significant but small correlations were identified between HL and PL only in the girls (<10% of common variance). The body composition indices were significantly correlated with PL only in the boys (15–20% of common variance). Our research highlights the necessity of the independent evaluation of HL and PL in adolescence. Further studies evaluating other indices of health status in relation to PL and HL are warranted. health behavior knowledge translation public health community-engaged research youth body build zdravstveno vedenje prenos znanja javno zdravje javne raziskave mladina telesna zgradba true false true MDPI AG Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children © 2022 by the authors Članek v reviji 2025-03-12 08:14:54 2025-03-12 08:14:54 2025-03-13 03:12:44 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 str. [1]-12 iss. 8, [article no.] 1231 Vol. 9 Aug. 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2022-07-25 2022-08-12 2022-08-15 613.96:378 144088067 10.3390/children9081231 2227-9067 children-09-01231-v2.pdf children-09-01231-v2.pdf 1 CC735DCD133D67BF537A617A9CD9CCE3 925e3180162fec73268909d8e1db05fd038dfa4ecd69af3a8c4297a509e49109 075a3544-ff12-11ef-9eb9-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=189194 https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/8/1231 0 1084371c-ff12-11ef-9eb9-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=189195 Fakulteta za gradbeništvo, prometno inženirstvo in arhitekturo 0 0 0