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Leena Paakkari

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University of Jyväskylä

Finland

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Leena Paakkari is an Associate Professor at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her research areas include digital health literacy, adolescent health behaviors, and the impact of social media on youth. Her recent publications explore themes such as health rights for adolescents, reading disabilities, and the development of health literacy competencies among children and adolescents.

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University of Jyväskylä

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Leena Paakkari

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Experts’ views on future digital health literacy competencies for citizens

Growing Up With Developmental Math Difficulties: Adult Reflections on Experiences Hindering and Supporting Learning and Well-Being

Factors associated with limited health literacy in a culturally diverse population in Finland: a cross-sectional study

Syvempään ymmärrykseen – fenomenografinen lähestymistapa aineistonhankinnan ja analyysin näkökulmasta

Potilaiden kokemuksia stigmatisoivasta painopuheesta terveydenhuollon vuorovaikutustilanteissa

The Role of Loneliness and Ostracism in Adolescents’ Psychological Well‐Being and Substance Use: Family and Teacher Support as Moderators

Home factors for critical reading skills among parents of fourth, sixth, and eighth graders

Experienced Protective Factors While Growing up With Reading Disability

Cross-National Trends in Adolescents Psychological and Somatic Complaints Before and After the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic

Digital Health Rights, Adult Systems: Are We Leaving Adolescents Behind?

Key digital health literacy competencies for citizens – A Delphi study

Equality in Adolescents' Opportunities for Health Information Through the Lens of Health Literacy R : Results From Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study 2018 and 2022

Mobile Game vs. Digital Text: Gameplay Boosts Situational Interest, Satisfaction, and Emotional Engagement

The significance of equine-assisted services for patients receiving rehabilitation in Finland according to multidisciplinary professionals : a phenomenographic study

Social media threats and health among adolescents: evidence from the health behaviour in school-aged children study

Problematic situations related to social media use and competencies to prevent them: results of a Delphi study

The role of the home in children’s critical reading skills development

What Counteracts Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescence? A Cross-National Observational Study

Health literacy as a social vaccine in the COVID-19 pandemic

The development and cross-national validation of the short health literacy for school-aged children (HLSAC-5) instrument

Koululaisten terveys ja muuttuvat haasteet 2022: WHO-Koululaistutkimus 40 vuotta

The Children of Risk Communication

Health Education Teachers’ Assessment Conceptions and Practices: Identifying Assessment Profiles

Objective health literacy skills among ninth graders in Finland: outcomes from a national learning assessment

The role of health literacy in the association between academic performance and substance use

“Missed” Information: A Moral Failing that Erodes Efforts to Tackle the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cross‐national validation of the social media disorder scale: findings from adolescents from 44 countries

The Impact of School Closure on Adolescents’ Wellbeing, and Steps towards to a New Normal: The Need for an Assessment Tool Update?

Coronavirus-related health literacy and perceived restrictiveness of protective measures among community-dwelling older persons in Finland

Adolescent Health Literacy and Neighbourhood Features: HBSC Findings from Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia

Collaborators (27)

Tuire Koponen

Pirjo Vuoskoski

Orkan Okan

Sophie D. Walsh

Olli Paakkari

Mirja Hirvensalo

Joanna Inchley

Arja Rimpelä

Merja Hoffrén-Mikkola

Alina Cosma

Laura Kanniainen

Hannele Harjunen

Eeva Aartolahti

Nelli Lyyra

Dorota Kleszczewska

Pirjo Lindfors

Ludwig Bilz

Mari Tunkkari

Mirte A.G. Kuipers

Catrin Finkenauer

Sabina Hulbert

Noona Kiuru

Gonneke Stevens

Lauri Hietajärvi

Kristian Kiili

Juhani Rautopuro

Minna Torppa

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