Health Literacy Among Adolescent Athletes Across Rural and Urban Communities and Evaluating Scores Aside State-Mandated Concussion Education
Urban adolescent athletes had better health literacy compared with their rural peers; however, irrespective of rurality, more than half of participants had low health literacy for their appropriate age/grade in high school (≤seventh grade). Ensuring that health information is provided at an appropriate reading level for the target audience is essential to increasing health literacy.
Authors
- Mary Margaret Williamson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0978-9074)
- Matthew O. Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2115-9806)
- Erica Beidler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0179-5074)
- Wesley Bryant
- Emily Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3319-1267)
- Tracey Covassin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4196-0185)
- Douglas G. Talley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3108-3999)
- Jessica Wallace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1359-2124)
Institutions
- New Mexico Department of Health (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Duquesne University (US)
- University of Alabama (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Center for Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences (RS)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Athletic Training
- Published
- 2025-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0049.25
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00