1. Effects of health literacy to self-efficacy and preventive care utilization among older adults.
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Chen, Ji‐Zhen, Hsu, Hui‐Chuan, Tung, Ho‐Jui, and Pan, Ling‐Yen
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COGNITION ,CONFIDENCE ,STATISTICAL correlation ,GOODNESS-of-fit tests ,LONGITUDINAL method ,MENTAL health surveys ,PREVENTIVE health services ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SELF-efficacy ,SECONDARY analysis ,EDUCATIONAL attainment ,STRUCTURAL equation modeling ,HEALTH literacy ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Aim: This study examined the relationships between health literacy, self-efficacy and preventive care utilization among older adults in Taiwan. Methods: The data were from a longitudinal survey, 'Taiwan Longitudinal Study in Aging' in 2003 and 2007. A total of 3479 participants who completed both two waves were included for analysis. Health literacy first was constructed through education, cognitive function and disease knowledge through structural equation modeling (SEM); then, the associations of health literacy to later self-efficacy and preventive care were examined. Results: The model fit of SEM was good, indicating that the construct of health literacy was appropriate. Healthy literacy showed a moderate positive effect on self-efficacy and a small positive effect on preventive care utilization. Conclusions: Health literacy increases self-efficacy and utilization of preventive care. Promoting people's health knowledge and health literacy is suggested. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2013; 13: 70-76. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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