Dear Colleagues,

This special issue seeks to consider health literacy promotion in young people.
Health literacy is described as having the knowledge, skills, understanding and confidence to use health and care information and services and to apply these to lifestyle choices. The adolescent period is increasingly being recognised as a key window of opportunity to support the development of healthy habits in young people to support both their long term health and that of their future family. As young people transition to adulthood and gain increasing autonomy and independence, learning how to manage their own health and build the skills to take ownership of their lifestyle choices is essential for them to support their longer term health.
Typically, programmes seeking to promote health literacy in young people are delivered through health education in schools. Schools have long been seen as an ideal setting for such programmes, and yet their impact remains varied. Understanding how best to deliver public health interventions in school settings and strengthening the communication between public health practitioners and educationalists will have far reaching benefits. This Special Issue, therefore, aims to explore experiences of health promotion programme delivery to increase the health literacy of young people in education systems in different countries. We hope to share expertise and look for commonalities, divergences, success stories and barriers to ensure future interventions have the best chance of success.
Thus, this Special Issue of IJERPH seeks papers on experiences of health literacy interventions aimed at young people. Papers from across the world are encouraged. By sharing our experiences we can move toward a clearer understanding of how best to work within the education system to support young people. Empirical studies and high-quality systematic reviews will be considered.

Dr. Kathryn Woods-Townsend
Dr. Celine Murrin
Dr. Jacquie Bay
Guest Editors

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• adolescent health
• health literacy
• health education