Health information is important for people to understand and engage in the management of their own health status. With increasing health information available through media reports and the Internet, many health information resources are easily distributed to the general population. However, adequate use of these resources depends on an individual’s skill in finding and applying information about their health issues. And these skills have been conceptualized as health literacy (HL). The study aimed to examine age- and sex-specific associations between health literacy (HL) and healthy lifestyle characteristics. The cross-sectional study was conducted to examine a total 1348 Japanese participants (613 male and 735 female) who took the health check-up program in April 2013, at Tsumagoi Village, Japan. Information was collected by self-administered questionnaire on three communicative and two critical HL items, and healthy lifestyle characteristics listed in Bres-low’s seven health pra
Identity and the Arts: Using Drama and Masks as a Pedagogical Tool to Support Identity Development in Adolescence
Adolescence is defined as the years between the onset of puberty and the beginning of adulthood. Among the profound and exciting changes taking place in adolescence is the process of self-discovery. Our teens are working to figure out who they are, making adolescent identity development a central feature of teen life. Young people’s identities are shaped by lots of factors: family, cultural and societal expectations, experiences with institutions like school and the media, and friends. And identity in adolescents is an ever-growing concern and pre-occupation within formal education, with a need to identify factors that can positively impact upon adolescent development. A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practical purposes and the role that mask has played in allowing people to explore what it means to us through adopting the “other”. It there