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Exploring the association between community-level factors and health literacy using multilevel analysis.
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SUBMITTER: Cho I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC12772004 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Exploring the association between community-level factors and health literacy using multilevel analysis.
BMC public health 20251129 1
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to examine how community-level factors—particularly health resources and social capital—affect health literacy (HL) among residents in South Korea. METHODS: We used data from the 2021 Community Health Survey and the Korean Community Health Status Indicators, incorporating both individual- and community-level variables. Key predictors of HL were first identified using elastic net regression to address multicollinearity. Subsequently, we applied Multilevel (or Hierarch ...[more]