Relationship of preventive health practices and health literacy: A national study

被引：4
作者：
White, Sheida [1 ]
Chen, Jing [2 ]
Atchison, Ruth [3 ]
机构：
[1] US Dept Educ, Inst Sci Educ, Natl Ctr Educ Stat, Natl Assessment Adult Literacy, Washington, DC 20006 USA
[2] Amer Inst Res, Fed Stat Program, Washington, DC USA
[3] Exceed Corp, Lanham, MD USA
来源：
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR | 2008年 / 32卷 / 03期
关键词：
preventive health practices; health literacy; adult literacy; self-reported preventive health practices;
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中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
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.
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