The Contribution of Health Literacy to Disparities in Self-Rated Health Status and Preventive Health Behaviors in Older Adults

M. Bennett, Ian; Chen, Jing; Soroui, Jaleh; D. M. White, Simon

doi:10.1370/afm.940

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The Contribution of Health Literacy to Disparities in Self-Rated Health Status and Preventive Health Behaviors in Older Adults

Published in The Annals of Family Medicine • May 1, 2009

Authors:

Ian M. Bennett

Jing Chen

Jaleh Soroui

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 whe...

Subject

Medicine

Health literacy

Race and health

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