Health Numeracy Conference among Racial/ Ethnica Minorities in HINTS 2007: Sociodemographic, Attitudinal, and Knowledge Correlates

dc.creator	Hong Huang
dc.creator	Yiu Ming Chan
dc.creator	Dong Feng
dc.date	2012-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:20:22Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:20:22Z
dc.identifier	1441-0559
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/942e5d957d0944b8bb881f918661fc63
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28212
dc.description	<!-- @font-face { font-family: "Baskerville"; }@font-face { font-family: "SimSun"; }@font-face { font-family: "AGaramond"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 1pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: AGaramond; }p.LNSText, li.LNSText, div.LNSText { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 1cm; line-height: 13pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Baskerville; }.MsoChpDefault { font-size: 10pt; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; } --> <p class="LNSText">Health numeracy skills help people interpret health risks, and make effective medical decisions. Lower health numeracy confidence was observed for blacks and Hispanic groups than whites. Little is known about the important factors that explain racial differences in health numeracy confidence. For this study, we used a nationally representative, cross-sectional data sample of 4,610 U.S. adults from the National Cancer Institute’s 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey. Bivariate (Chi-squares) and<strong><em> </em></strong>multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify the contribution factors that predict health numeracy confidence.<span> </span>Non-linear Fairlie decompositions were used to quantify the factor contributions to racial differences in health numeracy confidence. The priority rankings of the important factors to explain the health numeracy confidence racial and ethnic disparities are different depending on the particular racial and ethnic group. Diverse, culturally appropriate approaches are needed to improve numeracy confidence for specific racial and ethnic groups.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Technology, Sydney
dc.relation	http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/lnj/article/view/3082
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1441-0559
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Literacy and Numeracy Studies, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 3-16 (2012)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Health Numeracy Conference among Racial/ Ethnica Minorities in HINTS 2007: Sociodemographic, Attitudinal, and Knowledge Correlates
dc.type	article