Are childhood factors predictive of adult health literacy? A longitudinal birth cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT: Health literacy (HL), defined as the ability of an individual to understand and appraise health information to make informed decisions on their health, helps maintain and improve one's health and thus reduce the use of healthcare services. There is a recognised global effort to address insufficient HL in early life and understand how HL develops. This study examined the association of a range of factors including educational, speech and language ability, health and healthcare engagement, sleep problems, mental health, demographic, environmental, and maternal factors at different childhood stages (from 5 years to 11 years) with later adult HL at age 25. HL was measured using a HL ordinal score (insufficient, limited, or sufficient) derived from the European Literacy Survey Questionnaire-sho

SUBMITTER: Solis-Trapala I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10220279 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature