Miriam Hoffman, Keith Metzger, Ofelia Martinez
Building a socially accountable medical school: A layered analysis of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
The clinical teacher
health literacy tends decrease age lower health literacy associated lower levels physical function mental health medication adherence present study examined health literacy relation cognition sample communitydwelling older adults study also examined impact health literacy engagement healthy aging lifestyle behaviors participants included 128 older adults age 7207 sd 671 education 1634 sd 256 74 female completed health literacy measure newest vital sign nvs lifestyle behavior questionnaire healthy aging activity engagement scale haae several neuropsychological tests cognitive domains assessed included memory executive function attentionworking memory two variables computed nvs represent health literacy factors document numeracy literacy factors demonstrated small correlation r 18 results revealed attentionworking memory executive function memory significantly related numeracy literacy overall health literacy memory significantly related document literacy accounting age education cognition hierarchical regression revealed health literacy significantly predicted engagement healthy aging lifestyle behaviors multiple cognitive abilities necessary searching finding processing information make healthrelated decisions health literacy accounted significant amount variance older adults engagement everyday lifestyle behaviors health literacy skills may area focus intervention efforts improve brain health older adults