Padmore Adusei Amoah
Social participation, health literacy, and health and well-being: A cross-sectional study in Ghana
numerous studies attest salubriousness social participation across contexts factors healthrelated behaviour health risk aversion psychosocial traits partly explain association study factors contributes understanding role social participation plays healthrelated outcomes significant gaps still exist field investigation particular existing studies explored relationship social participation health literacy affects health wellbeing adequately paper addresses gap examining responses 779 rural urban residents ashanti region ghana study used path analyses within structural equation modelling sem assess mediational role health literacy association social participation religious participation volunteer activities group membership health status subjective wellbeing proxies social participation significantly predicted health literacy also evident social participation influences health wellbeing substantially controlling sociodemographic variables religious participation group membership indirectly predicted wellbeing health status health literacy volunteer activities showed negative indirect effect thus social participation always favourable effect health wellbeing however findings suggest overall enhancing social participation may promising effective health promotion