E Villalonga-Olives, A Khademi, Y-Y Pan, Y Ransome
Unveiling disparities: examining differential item functioning's impact on racial health equity among white and black populations
Public health
background maternal health literacy mhl health informationseeking behavior hisb could impact maternal health pregnancy outcomespurpose research design crosssectional study investigated mhl hisbs pregnancy outcomes iranian pregnant women study also aimed determine predictors mhl pregnancy outcomesstudy smple data collection study 337 randomly selected postpartum women completed three questionnaires including demographics form obstetrics history checklist maternal health literacy pregnancy outcome questionnaire mhlapqresults mean mhl pregnancy outcome scores 6080 991 4988 569 respectively participants 56 adopted formal informal hisb education internet hisb associated odds group higher mhl participants high mhl twice higher odds better pregnancy outcomes 225 p 0004conclusions continued efforts required make health information sources accessible pregnant women improve health literacy pregnancy outcomes