Aleda M H Chen, Michelle L Blakely, Kimberly K Daugherty, Mary E Kiersma, Lisa M Meny, Ruth Pereira
Meaningful connections: Exploring empathy and professional identity formation
American journal of pharmaceutical education
health literacy hl put forward potential mediator socioeconomic status ses affects health study explores whether hl mediates relation ses selection health healthrelated outcomes data participants belgian health interview survey 2018 aged 18 years older individually linked data belgian compulsory health insurance n 8080 hl assessed hlseuq6 mediation analyses performed health behaviour physical activity diet alcohol tobacco consumption health status perceived health status mental health status use medicine purchase antibiotics use preventive care preventive dental care influenza vaccination breast cancer screening dependent outcome variables educational attainment income independent variables interest age sex potential confounders hl mediating variable study showed unhealthy behaviours except alcohol consumption poorer health status higher use medicine lower use preventive care except flu vaccination associated low ses ie low education low income insufficient hl hl partially mediated relationship education health behaviour perceived health status mental health status accounting 38160 total effect hl also constituted pathway income influences health behaviour perceived health status mental health status preventive dental care mediation effects accounting 21108 total effect although influence hl pathway limited findings suggest strategies improving various healthrelated outcomes among low ses groups include initiatives enhance hl population groups research needed confirm results better explore mediating effects hl