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- Title
Relationship of Preventive Health Practices and Health Literacy: A National Study.
- Authors
White, Sheida; Jing Chen; Atchison, Ruth
- Abstract
Objective: To identify relationships between the health literacy and self-reported preventive health practices of US adults. Methods: Measured health literacy and preventive health practices for a nationally representative sample of adults (N = 18,100) and conducted probit regression analyses after controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, poverty level, insurance status, self-reported health status, and oral reading fluency. Results: Low literacy was associated with a decreased likelihood of using most preventive health measures under study for adults aged 65 and older, but not for adults of 2 younger age groups. Conclusion: The relationship between health literacy and preventive health practices varied substantially by adult age group.
- Subjects
PREVENTIVE health services for older people; HEALTH of older people; INFORMATION literacy; ADULT education; HEALTH promotion; HEALTH status indicators; ADULTS; REGRESSION analysis; MULTIVARIATE analysis; EVALUATION
- Publication
American Journal of Health Behavior, 2008, Vol 32, Issue 3, p227
- ISSN
1087-3244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5993/AJHB.32.3.1