ReviewHealth literacy research and practice2021
Social Determinants, Health Literacy, and Disparities: Intersections and Controversies.
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110 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The low health literacy in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Precision medicine in low-income settings and small island developing states.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2026Review
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- Beyond Age: Exploring Health Literacy, Well-Being, and Stress Management Among the Elderly.Western journal of nursing research · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic Deprivation, Primary Care Physician Workload and Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence Across Italian Regions: An Ecological Spatial Analysis.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Building a gene editing lexicon: a model for rare and inherited disorders.Gene therapy · 2026Article
- Trends and mortality due to acute respiratory distress syndrome in the United States (1999-2023): A 25-year nationwide study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Equitable Discharge Teaching During COVID-19: Paediatric Emergency Nurses' Perspectives From Qualitative Interviews.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Health insurance literacy in Israel: gaps between knowledge and use in a universal healthcare system.Israel journal of health policy research · 2026Article
- From class consciousness to class suicide: considering community integration as a primary care ethic.Family medicine and community health · 2026Article
- Stories From Black Women in Iowa About Reproductive Health Care Experiences, Self-Advocacy, and Recommendations for Change.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
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Abstract
This article synthesizes what is known about the relationship between social disadvantage and measures of health literacy (HL), and reviews the research examining whether low HL is an explanatory factor connecting social disadvantage, health outcomes, and health disparities. Written from a United States perspective, this article offers a novel conceptual framework that presents how the social determinants of health might interact with HL to result in health disparities. The framework articulates relationships that reflect public health pathways and health care pathways, which include their related health literacies. The article continues with several cautionary statements based on the inherent limitations of current HL research, including problems and concerns specific to the attribution of HL as an explanatory factor for extant socioeconomic and racial/ethnic health disparities. The article closes with recommendations regarding future research directions.
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