Robyn Gillespie, Judy Mullan, Lindsey Harrison
Exploring Older Adult Health Literacy in the Day-to-Day Management of Polypharmacy and Making Decisions About Deprescribing: A Mixed Methods Study
Health literacy research and practice
developmental origins health disease dohad approach supports nutritional exposures early life affect individuals later health risk disease dietary exposure preconception period may also influence individual inter transgenerational health disease risk men women study aimed describe knowledge dohad approach dohadknowledge diet quality preconception young adults norway assess associations dohadknowledge diet quality score dqs assess gender differences data 1362 preconception young adults obtained prepared study baseline dataset sample 88 women participants mean age 27 years 36 overweight obesity 77 higher level education dohadknowledge assessed participants agreement five statements using likert scale diet quality assessed using aspects diet quality dqs derived dietary screener found moderate level dohadknowledge 1220 points diet quality dqs 60100 points indicating potential improvements specifically greatest potential diet quality improvements observed sugary foods red processed meats legumes unsalted nuts seeds gender differences observed dohadknowledge diet quality dohadknowledge positively associated dqs adjusted sociodemographic factors little evidence interaction effect gender study indicates knowledge dohad approach positively associated diet quality preconception young men women future studies consider incorporating pregnancy intentions relationship status health literacy