Eiko Goto|Hirono Ishikawa|Tsuyoshi Okuhara|Takahiro Kiuchi
Relationship between Health Literacy and Adherence to Recommendations to Undergo Cancer Screening and Health-Related Behaviors among Insured Women in Japan
University of Tokyo Health Sciences|University of Tokyo Health Sciences|University of Tokyo Health Sciences|University of Tokyo Health Sciences
background health literacy serves major barrier effective preventive health behaviors cancer screening relationship studied among insured women japan examined relationship health literacy adherence recommendations undergo cancer screening healthrelated behaviors among japanese women insured health insurance society methods conducted crosssectional observation study 670 insured japanese women used selfadministered questionnaire assess environments selfrated health status cancer screening behavior healthrelated behaviors dietary behavior exercise frequency alcohol consumption smoking behavior health literacy results among participants 206 completed questionnaire response rate 307 fiftyseven undergone breast andor cervical cancer screening mean health literacy score 344 standard deviation 068 logistic regression models adjusted age selfrated economic status primary care physician statistically significant relationship health literacy adherence recommendations undergo cancer screening healthrelated behaviors however age primary care physician significantly associated cancer screening healthrelated behaviors health literacy found significantly associated effective preventive health behaviors conclusions present study found statistically significant relationship health literacy adherence recommendations undergo cancer screening healthrelated behaviors rather cancer screening healthrelated behaviors found related medical support physicians age study needed exploring associations among insured women japan