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Cognition and Health Literacy in Older Adults’ Recall of Self-Care Information
Author(s) -
Jessie Chin,
Anna Madison,
Xuefei Gao,
James F. Graumlich,
Thembi Conner-Garcia,
Michael D. Murray,
Elizabeth A. L. StineMorrow,
Daniel Morrow
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnv091
Subject(s) - health literacy , comprehension , recall , literacy , health care , psychology , cognition , mediation , health education , health information , gerontology , developmental psychology , medicine , cognitive psychology , public health , nursing , computer science , psychiatry , pedagogy , political science , law , economics , programming language , economic growth
Health literacy is associated with health outcomes presumably because it influences the understanding of information needed for self-care. However, little is known about the language comprehension mechanisms that underpin health literacy.

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