Self-reported Segregation Experience Throughout the Life Course and Its Association with Adequate Health Literacy

Overview

Journal Health Place

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Public Health

Date 2012 Jun 5

PMID 22658579

Citations 15

Authors

Melody S Goodman

Darrell J Gaskin

Xuemei Si

Jewel D Stafford

Christina Lachance

Kimberly A Kaphingst

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Abstract

Residential segregation has been shown to be associated with health outcomes and health care utilization. We examined the association between racial composition of five physical environments throughout the life course and adequate health literacy among 836 community health center patients in Suffolk County, NY. Respondents who attended a mostly White junior high school or currently lived in a mostly White neighborhood were more likely to have adequate health literacy compared to those educated or living in predominantly minority or diverse environments. This association was independent of the respondent's race, ethnicity, age, education, and country of birth.

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