Journal article
Health literacy skills in rural and urban populations
American journal of health behavior, Vol.33(5), pp.550-557
09/2009
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.33.5.8
PMID: 19296745
Abstract
To determine whether health literacy is lower in rural populations.
We analyzed health, prose, document, and quantitative literacy from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy study. Metropolitan Statistical Area designated participants as rural or urban.
Rural populations had lower literacy levels for all literacy types (P<0.001 for each). After adjusting for known confounders, there was no longer a difference in health or prose literacy (P>0.05). However, rural populations had higher document (P=0.04) and quantitative (P=0.01) literacy.
Health literacy is lower in the rural population although this difference is explained by known confounders.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Health literacy skills in rural and urban populations
- Creators
- Whitney E Zahnd - Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9636, USASteven L ScaifeMark L Francis
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of health behavior, Vol.33(5), pp.550-557
- DOI
- 10.5993/AJHB.33.5.8
- PMID
- 19296745
- ISSN
- 1087-3244
- eISSN
- 1945-7359
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2009
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984214946402771
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