Yoko Furuya|Naoki Kondo|Zentaro Yamagata|Hideki Hashimoto
Health literacy, socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Japan
University of Yamanashi|University of Tokyo Health Sciences|University of Yamanashi|University of Tokyo Health Sciences
health literacy hl key determinant health contemporary society characterized abundant information previous studies suggested basic functional hl positively associated health whereas evidences association health communicativecritical hl scarce furthermore confounding socioeconomic status hlhealth association poorly tested using crosssectional data nationally representative communitybased survey japan investigated whether communicativecritical hl associated selfrated health independent socioeconomic status total 1237 subjects participated study response rate 62 measure communicativecritical hl used three questions assessing respondents ability select communicate others evaluate specific healthrelated information potential confounders included demographic factors household income employment status educational attainment multivariate model revealed good selfreported health significantly associated younger age odds ratio 099 95 confidence interval ci 097099 employment 289 95 ci 106788 higher communicativecritical hl scores 275 95ci 193390 respondents lower education likely poorer communicativecritical hl results imply close health gap policy interventions focus promotion hl among deprived sociodemographic groups