800
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Defining a nature-based literacy: A research synthesis review of health-promoting literacies to promote nature engagement

, , & ORCID Icon

References

  • Aihara, Y., & Minai, J. (2011). Barriers and catalysts of nutrition literacy among elderly Japanese people. Health Promotion International, 26(4), 421–431.
  • Almond, L. (2013). What is the value of physical literacy and why is physical literacy valuable? Journal of Sport Science and Physical Education, 65, 35–41.
  • Aufderheide, P. (1993). Media Literacy. A report of the national leadership conference on media literacy. Aspen Institute, Communications and Society Program. Retrieved from: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED365294.pdf
  • Bailey, R. (2020). Defining physical literacy: Making sense of a promiscuous concept. Sport in Society 25(1), 163–180.
  • Baker, D. W. (2006). The meaning and the measure of health literacy. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21(8), 878–883.
  • Balgopal, M., & Wallace, A. (2009). Decisions and dilemmas: The use of guided writing to increase ecological literacy of elementary education majors. Journal of Environmental Education, 40(3), 13–26.
  • Balyi, I., Cardinal, C., Higgs, C., Norris, S., & Way, R. (2005). Long-term athlete development-Canadian Sport for life [resource paper]. Vancouver, Canada: Canadian Sport Centres.
  • Bandura A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84(2), 191–215. 10.1037/0033-295X.84.2.191.
  • Bandura A. (1986). The Explanatory and Predictive Scope of Self-Efficacy Theory. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 4(3), 359–373. 10.1521/jscp.1986.4.3.359.
  • Bandura, A. (1997). Self-Efficacy: The exercise of control. (New York, NY: W.H. Freeman).
  • Beery T and Jørgensen K Anne. (2018). Children in nature: sensory engagement and the experience of biodiversity. Environmental Education Research, 24(1), 13–25. 10.1080/13504622.2016.1250149
  • Begoray, D., Cimon, M., & Wharf Higgins, J. (2010). Mediating health: The powerful role of the media. New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Begoray, D. L., & Kwan, B. (2012). A Canadian exploratory study to define a measure of health literacy. Health Promotion International, 27(1), 23–32.
  • Bento, G., & Dias, G. (2017). The importance of outdoor play for young children’s healthy development. Porto Biomedical Journal, 2(5), 157–160.
  • Berghoefer, U., Rozzi, R., & Jax, K. (2010). Many eyes on nature: Diverse perspectives in the Cape Horn biosphere reserve and their relevance for conservation. Ecology and Society, 15(1), Article 18. doi:10.5751/ES-03316-150118
  • Berkman, N. D., Davis, T. C., & McCormack, L. (2010). Health literacy: What is it? Journal of Health Communication, 15(sup2), 9–19.
  • Berkowitz, A. R., Ford, M. E., & Brewer, C. A. (2005). A framework for integrating ecological literacy, civics literacy, and environmental citizenship in environmental education. In E. A. Johnson & M. J. Mappin (Eds.), Environmental education and advocacy: Changing perspectives of ecology and education (pp. 227–266). New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Bertram, C., & Rehdanz, K. (2015). The role of urban green space for human well- being. Ecological Economics, 120, 139–152.
  • Bronfenbrenner U. (1986). Ecology of the family as a context for human development: Research perspectives. Developmental Psychology, 22(6), 723–742. 10.1037/0012-1649.22.6.723
  • Bruni C M, Winter P L, Schultz P Wesley, Omoto A M and Tabanico J J. (2017). Getting to know nature: evaluating the effects of the Get to Know Program on children’s connectedness with nature. Environmental Education Research, 23(1), 43–62. 10.1080/13504622.2015.1074659
  • Brussoni, M., Olsen, L. L., Pike, I., & Sleet, D. A. (2012). Risky play and children’s safety: Balancing priorities for optimal child development. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 9(9), 3134–3148.
  • Buck, T., Bruchmann, I., Zumstein, P., & Drees, C. (2019). Just a small bunch of flowers: The botanical knowledge of students and the positive effects of courses in plant identification at German universities. PeerJ, 7, e6581.
  • Budna, O. (2015). Nature Literacy: why children need to spend more time in nature. Gone Camping. Retrieved from: https://gonecamping.blog/2015/02/02/nature-literacy-why-children-need-to-spend-more-time-in-nature
  • Bull F C et al . (2020). World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Br J Sports Med, 54(24), 1451–1462. 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102955
  • Burdette H L and Whitaker R C. (2005). Resurrecting Free Play in Young Children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 159(1), 46 10.1001/archpedi.159.1.46
  • Carr-Hill, R. A., & Pessoa, J. (2008). International literacy statistics: A review of concepts, methodology and current data. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
  • Ceciliani, A., & Bortolotti, A. (2013). Outdoor motor play: Analysis, speculations, research paths. Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 3(3), 65–86.
  • Chawla, L. (2015). Benefits of nature contact for children. Journal of Planning Literature, 30(4), 433–452.
  • Chawla, L. (2018). Nature-based learning for student achievement and ecological citizenship. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 20(1), xxv–xxxix.
  • Choi, S. M., Sum, R. K. W., Leung, E. F. L., & Ng, R. S. K. (2018). Relationship between perceived physical literacy and physical activity levels among Hong Kong adolescents. PloS One, 13(8), e0203105–e0203105.
  • Cleland, V., Timperio, A., Salmon, J., Hume, C., Baur, L. A., & Crawford, D. (2010). Predictors of time spent outdoors among children: 5-year longitudinal findings. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64(5), 400–406.
  • Coates, J. K., & Pimlott‐Wilson, H. (2019). Learning while playing: Children’s forest school experiences in the UK. British Educational Research Journal, 45(1), 21–40.
  • Confidence meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. ( n.d.). Retrieved from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/confidence
  • Cooper, H. M., Patall, E. A., & Lindsay, J. J. (2009). Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis. In & (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of applied social research methods (pp. 344–370).
  • Creswell, J. W., & Guetterman, T. C. (2019). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research, 6th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
  • Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11(4), 227–268.
  • Desjardins, E., & Azevedo, E. (2013). Making something out of nothing: Food literacy among youth, young pregnant women and young parents who are at risk for poor health. Public Health Ontario. Retrieved from: https://foodsecurecanada.org/sites/foodsecurecanada.org/files/food_literacy_study_technical_report_web_final.pdf
  • Dowdell K, Gray T and Malone K. (2011). Nature and its Influence on Children’s Outdoor Play. Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 15(2), 24–35. 10.1007/BF03400925
  • Dudley, D. (2015). A conceptual model of observed physical literacy. The Physical Educator, 72(5), 236–260.
  • Duncan, B. (2006). Media literacy: Essential survival skills for the new millennium. School Libraries in Canada, 25(4), 31–34.
  • Dunton, G. F., Almanza, E., Jerrett, M., Wolch, J., & Pentz, M. A. (2014). Neighborhood park use by children: Use of accelerometry and global positioning systems. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 46(2), 136–142.
  • Dye, C. (2008). Health and urban living. Science, 319(5864), 766–769.
  • European Commission. (2007). A European approach to media literacy in the digital environment. Retrieved from: https://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM%3A2007%3A0833%3AFIN%3AEN%3APDF
  • Fleary, S. A., & Joseph, P. (2020). Adolescents’ health literacy and decision-making: A qualitative study. American Journal of Health Behavior, 44(4), 392–408.
  • Flouri, E., Midouhas, E., & Joshi, H. (2014). The role of urban neighbourhood green space in children’s emotional and behavioural resilience. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 40, 179–186.
  • Frantz, C. M., & Mayer, F. S. (2014). The importance of connection to nature in assessing environmental education programs. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 41, 85–89.
  • Ginn, F., & Demeritt, D. (2010). Nature. In S. L. Holloway. In S. P. Rice, G. Valentine, & N. Clifford (Eds.), Key concepts in geography (2nd ed., pp. 300–311). London: Sage.
  • Gray, T. (2018). Outdoor learning: Not new, just newly important. Curriculum Perspectives, 38(2), 145–149.
  • Grimwood, B. S., Gordon, M., & Stevens, Z. (2018). Cultivating nature connection: Instructor narratives of urban outdoor education. Journal of Experiential Education, 41(2), 204–219.
  • Gutiérrez Martín, A. G., & Hottmann, A. (2006) Media education across the curriculum. Kulturring in Berlin e.V. Retrieved from: http://www.mediaeducation.net/resource/pdf/downloadMEACbooklet.pdf
  • Harper, N. J. (2017). Outdoor risky play and healthy child development in the shadow of the “risk society”: A forest and nature school perspective. Child & Youth Services, 38(4), 318–334.
  • Hartig, T., Mitchell, R., Vries, D. S., & Frumkin, H. (2014). Nature and health. Annual Review of Public Health, 35(1), 207–228.
  • Higgs, C., Balyi, I., Way, R., Cardinal, C., Norris, S., & Bluechart, M. (2008). Developing physical literacy: A guide for parents of children ages 0 to 12. Vancouver: Canadian Sport Centres. Retrieved from: https://sportforlife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/DPL_ENG_Feb29.indd_.pdf
  • Higgs, C., Way, R., Harber, V., Jurbala, P., & Balyi, I. (2019). Long-term development in sport and physical activity 3.0. Canada Sport for Life Society. Retrieved from: https://sportforlife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Long-Term-Development-in-Sport-and-Physical-Activity-3.0.pdf
  • Hofferth S L and Sandberg J F. (2001). How American Children Spend Their Time. J Marriage and Family, 63(2), 295–308. 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00295.x
  • Hulteen, R., Morgan, P., Barnett, L., Stodden, D., & Lubans, D. (2018). Development of foundational movement skills: A conceptual model for physical activity across the lifespan. Sports Medicine, 48(7), 1533–1540.
  • Humberstone, B. , Prince, H. , Henderson, K. A. , & Henderson, K. A., (Eds.). (2016). . In Routledge international handbook of outdoor studies. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
  • International Physical Literacy Association. (2020). International Physical Literacy Association. IPLA. Retrieved from: https://www.physical-literacy.org.uk/
  • Irwin, P. M. (1991). National Literacy Act of 1991: major provisions of PL 102-73. CRS Report for Congress. Retrieved from: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED341851.pdf
  • Jama, D., & Dugdale, G. (2012). Literacy: state of the nation–A Picture of Literacy in the UK Today. National Literacy Trust. Retrieved from: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED541407.pdf
  • James, J. K., & Williams, T. (2017). School-based experiential outdoor education: A neglected necessity. Journal of Experiential Education, 40(1), 58–71.
  • Janssen, I. (2014). Active play: An important physical activity strategy in the fight against childhood obesity. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 105(1), e22–e27.
  • Jurbala, P. (2015). What is physical literacy, really? Quest, 67(4), 367–383.
  • Kahn, P. H. Jr., Ruckert, J. H., and Hasbach, P. H. (2012). “A nature language,” in Ecopsychology: Science, Totems, and the Technological Species, Eds. P. H. Kahn Jr and P. H. Hasbach (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), 55–77.
  • Kraus, D. (2015, January 22). Why kids today need nature literacy. Huffington Post. Retrieved from: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/dan-kraus/nature-literacy_b_6201100.html
  • Krause, C., Sommerhalder, K., Beer-Borst, S., & Abel, T. (2016). Just a subtle difference? Findings from a systematic review on definitions of nutrition literacy and food literacy. Health Promotion International, 33(3), 378–389.
  • Krause, C., Sommerhalder, K., Beer-Borst, S., & Abel, T. (2018). Just a subtle difference? Findings from a systematic review on definitions of nutrition literacy and food literacy. Health Promotion International, 33(3), 378–389.
  • Kremer, J. M., Moran, A., Walker, G., & Craig, C. (2012). Key concepts in sport ( psychology). London, England: Sage.
  • Larson L R, Szczytko R, Bowers E P, Stephens L E, Stevenson K T and Floyd M F. (2019). Outdoor Time, Screen Time, and Connection to Nature: Troubling Trends Among Rural Youth?. Environment and Behavior, 51(8), 966–991. 10.1177/0013916518806686
  • Lee, A., & Maheswaran, R. (2011). The health benefits of urban green spaces: A review of the evidence. Journal of Public Health, 33(2), 212–222.
  • Leeming, F. C., Dwyer, W. O., & Bracken, B. A. (1995). Children’s environmental attitude and knowledge scale: Construction and validation. The Journal of Environmental Education, 26(3), 22–31.
  • Lester, S., & Russell, W. (2008). Play for a change. play, policy and practice: A review of contemporary perspectives. Retrieved from: http://www.playengland.org.uk/Page.asp
  • Lim, C., Donovan, A. M., Harper, N. J., & Naylor, P. J. (2017). Nature Elements and Fundamental Motor Skill Development Opportunities at Five Elementary School Districts in British Columbia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(10), 1279.
  • Little, H., Wyver, S., & Gibson, F. (2011). The influence of play context and adult attitudes on young children’s physical risk‐taking during outdoor play. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 19(1), 113–131.
  • Liu, C., Wang, D., Liu, C., Jiang, J., Wang, X., Chen, H., & Zhang, X. (2020). What is themeaning of health literacy? A systematic review and qualitative synthesis. Family Medicine and Community Health, 8(2), e000351.
  • Livingstone, S. (2004). Media literacy and the challenge of new information and communication technologies. The Communication Review, 7(1), 3–14.
  • Livingstone, S., Van Couvering, E., & Thumim, N. (2005). Adult media literacy: A review of the research literature. Retrieved from: https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/5283/1/aml.pdf
  • Longmuir, P. E., & Tremblay, M. S. (2016). Top 10 research questions related to physical literacy. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 87(1), 28–35.
  • Louv, R. (2008). Last child in the woods: saving our children from nature-deficit disorder (Update and expand ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books.
  • Lovelock, B., Walters, T., Jellum, C., & Thompson-Carr, A. (2016). The participation of children, adolescents, and young adults in nature-based recreation. Leisure.,Sciences, 38(5), 441–460.
  • Lundvall, S. (2015). Physical literacy in the field of physical education–A challenge and a possibility. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 4(2), 113–118.
  • Mainella F P, Agate J R and Clark B S. (2011). Outdoor-based play and reconnection to nature: A neglected pathway to positive youth development. New Directions for Youth Development, 2011(130), 89–104. 10.1002/yd.399
  • Maller C, Townsend M, Pryor A, Brown P and St Leger L. (2006). Healthy nature healthy people: ‘contact with nature’ as an upstream health promotion intervention for populations. Health Promotion International, 21(1), 45–54. 10.1093/heapro/dai032
  • Mayer, F. S., & Frantz, C. M. (2004). The connectedness to nature scale: A measure of individuals’ feeling in community with nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 24(4), 503–515.
  • McFarland, L., & Laird, S. G. (2018). Parents’ and early childhood educators’ attitudes and practices in relation to children’s outdoor risky play. Early Childhood Education Journal, 46(2), 159–168.
  • Mendoza, K. (2007). Media Literacy and Invitational Rhetoric. Retrieved 14 June 2021 https://mediaeducationlab.com/sites/default/files/302_WorkingPapers_Mendoza_0.pdf. .
  • Mitchell, J. A. (2019). Physical inactivity in childhood from preschool to adolescence. ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal, 23(5), 21–25.
  • Mitchell, D. B., & Mueller, M. P. (2011). A philosophical analysis of David Orr’s theory of ecological literacy: Biophilia, ecojustice and moral education in school learning communities. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 6(1), 193–221.
  • Murayama, K. (2018). Psychological Science Agenda| June 2018. Psychological Science. Retrieved from: https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2018/06/motivation
  • Ng S W and Popkin B M. (2012). Time use and physical activity: a shift away from movement across the globe. Obesity Reviews, 13(8), 659–680. 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00982.x
  • Nutbeam, D. (1998). Health promotion glossary. Health Promotion International, 13(4), 349–364.
  • Ofcom (2004b). Ofcom’s strategy & priorities for the promotion of media literacy: A statement. November 2. London: Author. Retrieved from: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/72255/strat_prior_statement.pdf
  • Okan, O. (2019). From Saranac Lake to Shanghai: A brief history of health literacy. In International handbook of health literacy: research, practice and policy across the lifespan (pp. 21–39). Bristol: Policy Press.
  • Orr, D. W. (1989). Ecological literacy: Education for the twenty-first century. New directions in education. Publisher?.
  • Orr, D. (1992). Ecological literacy: Education and the transition to a postmodern world. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
  • Oswald T K, Rumbold A R, Kedzior S G, Moore V M and Slobodskaya H R. (2020). Psychological impacts of “screen time” and “green time” for children and adolescents: A systematic scoping review. PLoS ONE, 15(9), e0237725 10.1371/journal.pone.023772510.1371/journal.pone.0237725.g00110.1371/journal.pone.0237725.g00210.1371/journal.pone.0237725.g00310.1371/journal.pone.0237725.g00410.1371/journal.pone.0237725.t00110.1371/journal.pone.0237725.t00210.1371/journal.pone.0237725.t00310.1371/journal.pone.0237725.t00410.1371/journal.pone.0237725.t00510.1371/journal.pone.0237725.t00610.1371/journal.pone.0237725.s00110.1371/journal.pone.0237725.s00210.1371/journal.pone.0237725.s00310.1371/journal.pone.0237725.s004
  • Pacific, Retrieved from: http://physicalliteracy.ca/wpcontent/uploads/2017/01/PLAYparent-workbook.pdf
  • Palumbo, R. (2016). Sustainability of well-being through literacy. The effects of food literacy on sustainability of well-being. Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia, 8, 99–106.
  • Parmenter, K., Waller, J., & Wardle, J. (2000). Demographic variation in nutrition knowledge in England. Health Education Research, 15(2), 163–174.
  • Parnell, T. A. (2015). Health literacy: history, definitions, and models. In T. A. Parnell & T. A. Parnell (Eds.), Health literacy in nursing: providing person-centered care (pp. 3–31). New York, NY, US: Springer Publishing Co.
  • Pearce, M., Page, A. S., Griffin, T. P., & Cooper, A. R. (2014). Who children spend time with after school: Association with objectively recorded indoor and outdoor physical activity. International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, 11(1), 1–9.
  • Piercy K L, Troiano R P, Ballard R M, Carlson S A, Fulton J E, Galuska D A, George S M and Olson R D. (2018). The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. JAMA, 320(19), 2020 10.1001/jama.2018.14854
  • Pitman, S. D., Daniels, C. B., & Sutton, P. C. (2018). Ecological literacy and psychographics: Lifestyle contributors to ecological knowledge and understanding. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 25(2), 117–130.
  • Pot, N., Whitehead, M. E., & Durden-Myers, E. J. (2018). Physical literacy from philosophy to practice. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 37(3), 246–251.
  • Potter W James. (2010). The State of Media Literacy. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 54(4), 675–696. 10.1080/08838151.2011.521462
  • Preuß M, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Marquez S, Cirach M, Dadvand P, Triguero-Mas M, Gidlow C, Grazuleviciene R, Kruize H and Zijlema W. (2019). Low Childhood Nature Exposure is Associated with Worse Mental Health in Adulthood. IJERPH, 16(10), 1809 10.3390/ijerph16101809
  • Ratzan, S. C., & Parker, R. M. (2000). Health literacy. National library of medicine current bibliographies in medicine. In US department of health and human services. Bethesda: National Institutes of Health. Retrieved from https://webharvest.gov/peth04/20041105213541/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/hliteracy.pdf
  • Rivera Medina, C., Briones Urbano, M., de Jesús Espinosa, A., & Toledo López, Á. (2020). Eating habits associated with nutrition-related knowledge among university students enrolled in academic programs related to nutrition and culinary arts in Puerto Rico. Nutrients, 12(5), 1408.
  • Snell, T. L., Simmonds, J. G., & Klein, L. M. (2020). Exploring the impact of contact with nature in childhood on adult personality. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 55, 126864.
  • Snyder, E. ( n.d.). Nature literacy: The creation and telling of nature stories. University of Toronto John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Retrieved from: https://academic.daniels.utoronto.ca/forestry/nature-literacy/
  • Sobel, D. (1996). Beyond ecophobia: Reclaiming the heart in nature education. Orion Society: Cornell University.
  • Sobel, D. (2004). Place-based education: connecting classrooms & communities (pp. 105). Great Barrington, MA: Orion Society.
  • Soga M and Gaston K J. (2016). Extinction of experience: the loss of human-nature interactions. Front Ecol Environ, 14(2), 94–101. 10.1002/fee.1225
  • Sport Australia. (2019). Australian Physical Literacy Framework version 2. Australian Physical Literacy Framework. Retrieved from: https://www.sportaus.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/710173/35455_Physical-Literacy-Framework_access.pdf
  • Sport for Life Society 2018 . Physical literacy assessment for youth (PLAY) tools. Retrieved from: https://play.physicalliteracy.ca/physical-literacy-explained
  • Staempfli, M. B. (2009). Reintroducing adventure into children’s outdoor play environments. Environment and Behavior, 41(2), 268–280.
  • Stavreva Veselinovska, S., & Stavreva, A. (2018). Knowledge, experience, and skills to get back the children in to the nature. Knowledge–International Journal, 26(6), 1551–1557.
  • Stephenson, A. (2003). Physical risk-taking: Dangerous or endangered? Early Years, 23(1), 35–43.
  • Stone, M. R., & Faulkner, G. E. J. (2014). Outdoor play in children: Associations with objectively-measured physical activity, sedentary behavior and weight status. Preventive Medicine, 65, 122–127.
  • Tremblay, M. S., Costas-Bradstreet, C., Barnes, J. D., Bartlett, B., Dampier, D., Lalonde, C., & Yessis, J. (2018). Canada’s physical literacy consensus statement: Process and outcome. BMC Public Health, 18(Suppl S2), 1–18.
  • Tremblay, M. S., Gray, C., Babcock, S., Barnes, J., Bradstreet, C. C., Carr, D., & Brussoni, M. (2015). Position statement on active outdoor play. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(6), 6475–6505.
  • Truman, E., Bischoff, M., & Elliott, C. (2020). Which literacy for health promotion: health, food, nutrition or media? Health Promotion International, 35(2), 432–444.
  • Twenge J M and Campbell W Keith. (2018). Associations between screen time and lower psychological well-being among children and adolescents: Evidence from a population-based study. Preventive Medicine Reports, 12 271–283. 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.10.003
  • Usher, E., & Pajares, F. (2008). Sources of Self-Efficacy in School: critical review of the literature and future directions. Review of Educational Research, 78(4), 751–796.
  • Vahedi, Z., Sibalis, A., & Sutherland, J. E. (2018). Are media literacy interventions effective at changing attitudes and intentions towards risky health behaviors in adolescents? A meta-analytic review. Journal of Adolescence, 67(1), 140–152.
  • van Sluijs E M, Ekelund U, Crochemore-Silva I, Guthold R, Ha A, Lubans D, Oyeyemi A L, Ding D and Katzmarzyk P T. (2021). Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention. The Lancet, 398(10298), 429–442. 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01259-9
  • VandenBos, G. R. & American psychological association. (2015).APA dictionary of psychology (2nd ed.).American Psychological Association
  • Velardo S. (2015). The Nuances of Health Literacy, Nutrition Literacy, and Food Literacy. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 47(4), 385–389.e1. 10.1016/j.jneb.2015.04.328
  • Voskuil, V. R., & Robbins, L. B. (2015). Youth physical activity self‐efficacy: A concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(9), 2002–2019.
  • Warner, M., Robinson, J., Heal, B., Lloyd, J., Mandigo, J., Lennox, B., & Davenport Huyer, L. (2021). Increasing physical literacy in youth: A two-week sport for development program for children aged 6-10. Prospects, 50(1–2), 165–182.
  • Way, R., Balyi, I., Trono, C., Harber, V., & Jurbala, P. (2014). Canadian Sport for Life - long-term athlete development resource paper 2.0. Vancouver: Canadian Sport Pacific Institute. Retrieved from: http://sportforlife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LTAD-2.1-EN_web.pdf?x96000
  • Wells N M and Evans G W. (2003). Nearby Nature. Environment and Behavior, 35(3), 311–330. 10.1177/0013916503035003001
  • White, R. (2004). Interaction with nature during the middle years: Its importance in children’s development and nature’s future. Retrieved from: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.205.9447&rep=rep1&type=pdf
  • Whitehead, M. (2001). The concept of physical literacy. European Journal of Physical Education, 6(2), 127–138.
  • Whitehead, M. (2007). Physical literacy: Philosophical considerations in relation to developing a sense of self, universality and propositional knowledge. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 1(3), 281–298.
  • Whitehead, M. (2010). Physical literacy: throughout the lifecourse. London, New York: Routledge.
  • Wilson, E.O. 1984 Biophilia (Harvard University: Harvard University Press.)
  • Working Paper Series. Retrieved from: http://www.mediaeducationlab.com/sites/mediaeducationlab.com/files/302_WorkingPapers_Mendoza.pdf
  • World Health Organization (2021). Improving health literacy. Retrieved from: http://who.int/activities/improving-health-literacy
  • Yates, G. C. R., & Chandler, M. (1991). The cognitive psychology of knowledge: Basic research findings and educational implications. The Australian Journal of Education, 35(2), 131–153.
  • Zoellner, J., Connell, C., Bounds, W., Crook, L., & Yadrick, K. (2009). Nutrition literacy status and preferred nutrition communication channels among adults in the Lower Mississippi Delta. Preventing Chronic Disease, 6(4), A128–A128.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.