Donrie J Purcell, Gesulla Cavanaugh, Kamilah B Thomas-Purcell, Joshua Caballero, Drenna Waldrop, Victoria Ayala, Rosemary Davenport, Raymond L Ownby
e-Health Literacy Scale, Patient Attitudes, Medication Adherence, and Internal Locus of Control
Health literacy research and practice
aim study illustrate immediate effect college education process across college grades strength association parental education college attendees health literacy crosssectional analysis conducted based data random sample students one university shanghai china n 574 exploratory factor analysis used generate factors different dimensions health literacy ordinary least square regression models estimated investigate college education process alters familybased disparity health literacy link parental education healthrelated skills vary significantly across grades participants participants third p 005 fourth year p 0001 revealed significantly weaker association healthpromoting proactivity parental education relative firstyear counterparts also impact parental education healthrelated attitudes significantly declined among fourthyear seniors compared firstyear students p 005 higher education experience important mechanism alleviate socioeconomic gap health literacy equalizer effect nevertheless contingent particular dimensions health literacy