The Contribution of Health Literacy to Disparities in Self-Rated Health Status and Preventive Health Behaviors in Older Adults
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- 1 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by Annals of Family Medicine in Annals of Family Medicine
- Vol. 7 (3) , 204-211
- https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.940
Abstract
PURPOSE Health literacy is associated with a range of poor health-related outcomes. Evidence that health literacy contributes to disparities in health is minimal and based on brief screening instruments that have limited ability to assess health literacy. The purpose of this study was to assess whether health literacy contributes, through mediation, to racial/ethnic and education-related disparities in self-rated health status and preventive health behaviors among older adults.Keywords
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