Yousra Ali, Gabriela E Caballero, Eman Shatnawi, Ann Dadich, Genevieve Z Steiner-Lim, Canterbury Bankstown Dementia Alliance, Michelle DiGiacomo, Diana Karamacoska
Assessing the impact of an online dementia awareness initiative co-created with and for English, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking communities: A case study
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy
amid increased concerns adverse consequences low health literacy remains unclear health literacy affects health status health service utilization sample 489 elderly medicare patients midwestern city usa explored intermediate factors may link health literacy health status utilization health services hospitalization emergency care expected find individuals higher health literacy would better health status less frequent use emergency room hospital services due 1 greater disease knowledge 2 healthier behaviors 3 greater use preventive care 4 higher degree compliance medication using path analysis found however health literacy direct effects health outcomes none variables interest significant intermediate factor health literacy affected use hospital services findings suggest improving health literacy may effective strategy improve health status reduce use expensive hospital emergency room services among elderly patients