Abstract
Adolescents who are pregnant are a vulnerable population at risk for poor health literacy. Health literacy is an important determinant of health, and poor health literacy among adolescents is correlated with high-risk health behaviors and adverse health outcomes into adulthood. A review of the literature showed a significant gap in research related to health literacy in pregnant adolescents. The limited findings indicate the need for additional research attention on health literacy in pregnant adolescents and upstream approaches to improve adolescent health literacy, such as incorporating health literacy education into secondary schools. To strengthen approaches that build health literacy capacity, it is imperative that future research focuses on pregnant adolescents’ health literacy related to health behaviors, health outcomes, measurement instruments, health literacy frameworks, and targeted interventions.
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