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ArticlePloS one2021

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

Channing J Mathews, Luke McGuire, Angelina Joy, Fidelia Law, Mark Winterbottom, Adam Rutland, Marc Drews, Adam J Hoffman, Kelly Lynn Mulvey, Adam Hartstone-Rose

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Channing J MathewsDepartment of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4716-2299
Luke McGuireDepartment of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Angelina JoyDepartment of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
Fidelia LawDepartment of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Mark WinterbottomFaculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Adam RutlandDepartment of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Marc DrewsEdVenture, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America.
Adam J HoffmanDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5508-3905
Kelly Lynn MulveyDepartment of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
Adam Hartstone-RoseDepartment of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
North Carolina State University · USUniversity of Exeter · GBCornell University · USUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 206259/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This 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.

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GovernmentHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeLeadershipTrustAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorCOVID-19FemaleHealth BehaviorHealth LiteracyHumansInformation Seeking BehaviorMaleSARS-CoV-2Social MediaSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID34818322
PMCPMC8612506
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