Health literacy, preventive health screening, and medication adherence behaviors of older African Americans at a PCMH.
CONCLUSIONS: HL was positively associated with patient education, some PHS behaviors, and MA. Performance on HL scales may not enable positive identification of PHS behaviors, DC, and MA. Thus, HL may have limited efficacy as a tool to assess PHS behaviors and DC among older AAs.
PMID: 30222921 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - Category: Health Management Authors: Aranha ANF, Patel PJ Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research
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