Socioeconomic inequalities in relation to health and nutrition literacy in Greece.
Greece
Health literacy
SES
nutrition literacy
Journal
International journal of food sciences and nutrition
ISSN: 1465-3478
Titre abrégé: Int J Food Sci Nutr
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9432922
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
3
4
2019
medline:
25
2
2020
entrez:
3
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Poor health literacy (HL) is associated with poor health behaviours and outcomes. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of socioeconomic status on HL and nutrition literacy (NL) in Greece. This is a cross-sectional study which took place in Attica, Greece. 1281 individuals, aged ≥18 years of both sexes, participated. The European Health Literacy Questionnaire and the Greek version of the Nutrition Literacy Scale were used. Linear regression analysis revealed that education was significantly positively associated with HL (
Identifiants
pubmed: 30935258
doi: 10.1080/09637486.2019.1593951
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM