Relationship of literacy and heart failure in adults with diabetes

Laramee, Ann S.; Morris, Nancy S.; Littenberg, Benjamin

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-98

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“…But this rate was much lower than the 52% found in high school students in Texas US (Ghaddar et al, 2012), and 58% (Cheryl et al, 2011), 72% (Morrow et al, 2006) and 73% (Laramee et al, 2007) in three samples of ambulatory heart failure patients. A recent study conducted in Taiwan found that nearly 41% of adolescents could be classified as high health literacy, 49% moderate, and nearly 10% low (Chang, 2010), and this prevalence was much higher than that found in our study.…”

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Status and Determinants of Health Literacy among Adolescents in Guangdong, China

Ye¹,

Yang²,

Gao³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: Previous studies for non-communicable disease cotrol, including cancer, have mostly relied on health literacy in adults. However, limited studies are available for adolescents. This study aimed to assess the status and determinants of health literacy in in-school adolescents in Guangdong, China. Materials and Methods: A total of 3,821 students aged 13-25 years were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. After the questionnaire of health literacy was answered, the total scores for health knowledge (18 questions), skills (5 questions) and behaviors (14 questions) were determined. The total scores for health literacy and each subscale were recoded into adequate and inadequate subgroups, and logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with each outcome variable. Results: The prevalence of adequate health literacy was 14.4%, and the prevalences for adequate knowledge, skills and behavior were 22.4%, 64.7% and 6.6%, respectively. Students coming from prestigious schools and having parents with higher education had higher odds of having adequate knowledge, skills and behaviors. Female students had higher odds of having adequate knowledge and behaviors. Students in grade 7-8 had higher odds of having adequate knowledge and skills. The health knowledge was positive associated with health skills (odds ratio [OR] =2.1, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.7-2.5) and behaviors (OR=3.0, 95%CI 2.3-4.0), and health skills were positive associated with health behaviors (OR=2.6, 95%CI 1.8-3.8). Conclusions: Further efforts should be made to increase adolescents' health knowledge and behaviors, especially for low grade and male students in non-prestigious schools.

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Status and Determinants of Health Literacy among Adolescents in Guangdong, China

Ye¹,

Yang²,

Gao³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…A significant body of research has consistently documented a strong, graded relationship between both education and literacy skills with health knowledge [10][11][12]. Fewer studies to date have evaluated the relationship between literacy and health outcomes, including mortality; those documenting positive associations found literacy to be the more dominant predictor compared to years of education [6][7][8].…”

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“…Recent investigations have examined the role of adult literacy skills as a mediating factor to the education-health relationship [6][7][8]. Literacy is a multifaceted concept that includes many of the cognitive and social skills learned through formal education processes; reading and numeracy are just a few of the fundamental components [9].…”

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Education, literacy, and health: Mediating effects on hypertension knowledge and control

Pandit

Tang

Bailey

et al. 2009

Patient Education and Counseling

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“…A number of studies have revealed that limited HL is related to worse physical and mental health and poor healthcare utilization (Williams et al, 1998a;Gazmararian et al, 1999;Kalichman et al, 2000;Baker et al, 2002;Schillinger et al, 2002;Scott et al, 2002;Wolf et al, 2004;Howard et al, 2005;Wolf et al, 2005;Davis et al, 2006;Sudore et al, 2006;Baker et al, 2007;Laramee et al, 2007;Bennett et al, 2009;Tokuda et al, 2009;Berkman et al, 2011b). However, those studies focussed mainly on functional HL (Williams et al, 1998a,b;Kalichman et al, 2000;Schillinger et al, 2002;Laramee et al, 2007;Guerra et al, 2008;Chaudhry et al, 2011).…”

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“…However, those studies focussed mainly on functional HL (Williams et al, 1998a,b;Kalichman et al, 2000;Schillinger et al, 2002;Laramee et al, 2007;Guerra et al, 2008;Chaudhry et al, 2011). Despite recent calls for measuring HL in a community setting (Nutbeam, 2008;Pleasant and Kuruvilla, 2008;Peerson and Saunders, 2009), studies have been limited to measuring HL and health in a community (Wolf et al, 2005;Wolf et al, 2007;Bennett et al, 2009;Wolf et al, 2010).…”

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Health literacy, socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Japan

Furuya

Kondo

Yamagata

et al. 2013

Health Promot. Int.

109

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SUMMARYHealth literacy (HL) is a key determinant of health in a contemporary society characterized by abundant information. Previous studies have suggested that basic or functional HL is positively associated with health, whereas evidences on the association between health and communicative/critical HL are scarce. Furthermore, confounding by socioeconomic status on HL-health association has been poorly tested. Using cross-sectional data from a nationally representative community-based survey in Japan, we investigated whether communicative/critical HL is associated with self-rated health independent of socioeconomic status. A total of 1237 subjects participated in this study; the response rate was 62%. To measure communicative/critical HL, we used three questions assessing the respondents' ability to select, to communicate to others and to evaluate specific healthrelated information. Potential confounders included demographic factors, household income, employment status, and educational attainment. A multivariate model revealed that good self-reported health was significantly associated with younger age [odds ratio (OR), 0.99; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.97-0.99], employment (OR, 2.89; 95% CI, 1.06-7.88) and higher communicative/critical HL scores (OR 2.75; 95%CI,. Respondents with lower education were likely to have poorer communicative/critical HL. These results imply that to close the health gap, policy interventions should focus on the promotion of HL among deprived sociodemographic groups.

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Relationship of literacy and heart failure in adults with diabetes

Abstract: Background: Although reading ability may impact educational strategies and management of heart failure (HF), the prevalence of limited literacy in patients with HF is unknown.

Cited by 48 publications

References 28 publications

Status and Determinants of Health Literacy among Adolescents in Guangdong, China

Status and Determinants of Health Literacy among Adolescents in Guangdong, China

Education, literacy, and health: Mediating effects on hypertension knowledge and control

Health literacy, socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Japan

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