Lan Yang, Chia-Ling Hsu, Tianfang Ye, Kuen Fung Sin
Assessing Emotions of Teaching Assistants in Inclusive Education
Frontiers in psychology
purpose describe relationship health literacy ethnicity cervical cancer screening practices evaluate physician recognition low literacywe studied prospective cohort englishspeaking patients 18 years n 529 ambulatory womens clinics univariate multivariate analyses used evaluate demographics health practices beliefs knowledge regarding cervical cancer screening prevention physicians assessments patient reading skills obtainedlow health literacy 9th grade found among 40 participants minority women half likely know purpose papanicolaou test 9 vs 21 p 03 significantly likely low literacy levels compared white women 46 vs 15 p 05 literacy factor independently associated knowledge related cervical cancer screening adjusted odds ratio 225 95 ci 105480 physicians detected 20 lowest readerspoor health literacy better predictor cervical cancer screening knowledge ethnicity education yet physicians infrequently recognized low literacy improved physician awareness development low literacy interventions may improve cervical cancer screening particularly vulnerable women