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Overview

Lasse Kannas is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Health Professions and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including General Health Professions, Speech and Hearing, Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems, and Education.

Their research focuses on topics such as Health Literacy and Information Accessibility, School Health and Nursing Education, Community Health and Development, the Delphi Technique in Research, Health, Psychology, and Well-being, as well as Educational Methods and Media Use and Health Education and Validation.

Kannas has published in various recognized academic journals, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • Health Promotion International
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
  • Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Kannas include:

  • Intersectoral partnerships and competencies for mental health promotion: a Delphi-based qualitative study in Finland, 2021, Health Promotion International
  • Objective health literacy skills among ninth graders in Finland: outcomes from a national learning assessment, 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • Measuring Health Literacy in Basic Education in Finland: The Development of a Curriculum- and Performance-Based Measurement Instrument, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Haemoglobin, iron status and lung function of adolescents participating in organised sports in the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club Study, 2020, BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
  • Daily physical activity in Finnish adolescents with long term illnesses or disabilities: psychosocial associations with participation in sports club, 2022, Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kannas include:

  • Anna-Mari Summanen
  • Juhani Rautopuro
  • Leena Paakkari
  • Sami Kokko
  • Jari Villberg

Best Publications

  • Achieving health and educational goals through schools—a study of the importance of the school climate and the students' satisfaction with school

    O. Samdal;D. Nutbeam;B. Wold;L. Kannas

  • The importance of the social environment for physically active lifestyle--results from an international study.

    T Ståhl;A Rütten;D Nutbeam;A Bauman

  • Cardiovascular risk in young Finns.

    Akerblom Hk;Uhari M;Pesonen E;Dahl M

  • Health behaviour in schoolchildren A WHO cross-national survey A presentation of philosophy, methods and selected results of the first survey

    Leif Edvard Aarø;Bente Wold;Lasse Kannas;Matti Rimpelä

  • Self reported physical activity, public health, and perceived environment: results from a comparative European study

    A Rütten;T Abel;L Kannas;T von Lengerke

  • Oral Hygiene Habits of 11-year-old Schoolchildren in 22 European Countries and Canada in 1993/1994

    S Kuusela;E Honkala;L Kannas;J Tynjälä

  • How young Europeans sleep

    Jorma Tynjälä;Lasse Kannas;Raili Välimaa

  • Test-retest reliability of selected items of Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey questionnaire in Beijing, China

    Yang Liu;Mei Wang;Jorma Tynjälä;Yan Lv

  • Associations between Adolescents’ Interpersonal Relationships, School Well-being, and Academic Achievement during Educational Transitions

    Noona Kiuru;Ming-Te Wang;Katariina Salmela-Aro;Lasse Kannas

  • Perceived tiredness among adolescents and its association with sleep habits and use of psychoactive substances.

    Jorma Tynjälä;Lasse Kannas;Esko Levälahti

  • Subjective health literacy: Development of a brief instrument for school-aged children:

    Olli Paakkari;Minna Torppa;Lasse Kannas;Leena Paakkari

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent smoking across 35 countries: a multilevel analysis of the role of family, school and peers

    Irene Moor;Katharina Rathmann;Michela Lenzi;Timo-Kolja Pförtner

  • Koulukokemusten kansainvälistä vertailua 2010 sekä muutokset Suomessa ja Pohjoismaissa 1994-2010 : WHO-koululaistutkimus (HBSC-study)

    Katariina Kämppi;Raili Välimaa;Kristiina Ojala;Jorma Tynjälä

  • Perceived sleep quality and its precursors in adolescents

    Jorma Tynjälä;Lasse Kannas;Esko Levälahti;Raili Välimaa

  • The health promoting sports club in Finland—a challenge for the settings-based approach

    Sami Kokko;Lasse Kannas;Jari Villberg

  • Attempts to lose weight among overweight and non-overweight adolescents: a cross-national survey.

    Kristiina Ojala;Carine Vereecken;Raili Välimaa;Candace Currie

  • Measuring child and adolescent health literacy: a systematic review of literature

    Michael J. Ormshaw;Leena T. Paakkari;Lasse K. Kannas

  • Reliability and Validity of Family Affluence Scale (FAS II) among Adolescents in Beijing, China

    Yang Liu;Mei Wang;Jari Villberg;Torbjørn Torsheim

  • A review of settings-based health promotion with applications to sports clubs.

    Sami Kokko;Lawrence W. Green;Lasse Kannas

  • Health promotion profile of youth sports clubs in Finland: club officials' and coaches' perceptions

    Sami Kokko;Lasse Kannas;Jari Villberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Abel
Thomas Abel University of Bern
Bente Wold
Bente Wold University of Bergen
Sakari Suominen
Sakari Suominen University of Turku
Päivi Tynjälä
Päivi Tynjälä University of Jyväskylä
Leif Edvard Aarø
Leif Edvard Aarø Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Matthias Richter
Matthias Richter Technical University of Munich
Margaret M. Barry
Margaret M. Barry University of Galway
Don Nutbeam
Don Nutbeam University of Sydney
Oddrun Samdal
Oddrun Samdal University of Bergen
Eva Roos
Eva Roos University of Helsinki

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