Health literacy, numeracy, and graphical literacy among veterans in primary care and their effect on shared decision making and trust in physicians

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Studies reveal high levels of inadequate health literacy and numeracy in African Americans and older veterans. The authors aimed to investigate the distribution of health literacy, numeracy, and graph literacy in these populations. They conducted a cross-sectional survey of veterans receiving outpatient care and measured health literacy, numeracy, graph literacy, shared decision making, and trust in physicians. In addition, the authors compared subgroups of veterans using analyses of covariance. Participants were 502 veterans (22-82 years). Low, marginal, and adequate health literacy were found in, respectively, 29%, 26%, and 45% of the veterans. The authors found a significant main effect of race qualified by an age and race interaction. Inadequate health literacy was more common in African Americans than in Whites. Younger African Americans had lower health literacy (p

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Rodríguez, V., Andrade, A. D., García-Retamero, R., Anam, R., Rodríguez, R., Lisigurski, M., … Ruiz, J. G. (2013). Health literacy, numeracy, and graphical literacy among veterans in primary care and their effect on shared decision making and trust in physicians. Journal of Health Communication, 18(SUPPL. 1), 273–289. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2013.829137

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