@article {White:2008:1087-3244:227,
title = "Relationship of Preventive Health Practices and Health Literacy: A National Study",
journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
parent_itemid = "infobike://png/ajhb",
publishercode ="png",
year = "2008",
volume = "32",
number = "3",
publication date ="2008-05-01T00:00:00",
pages = "227-242",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1087-3244",
eissn = "1945-7359",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2008/00000032/00000003/art00001",
doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.32.3.1",
keyword = "health literacy, self-reported preventive health practices, adult literacy, preventive health practices",
author = "White, Sheida and Chen, Jing and 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.",
}