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Universal Screening for Prevention of Reading, Writing, and Math Disabilities in Spanish
Published on: July 18, 2020
Health literacy level of Hispanic college students
Francisco Soto Mas1, Holly E Jacobson1, Yan Dong1
1From the Departments of Family & Community Medicine, Linguistics, and Mathematics & Statistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Objectives:
The purpose of this study was to assess the health literacy levels of Hispanic college students.
Methods:
Participants were students at a major Hispanic-serving university in the southwestern United States. The design was cross-sectional, and data were collected using the Newest Vital Sign in English. Analyses included frequencies and descriptive statistics, simple and multiple logistic regression, and χ(2)/Fisher exact tests.
Results:
A total of 331 students participated. The overall Newest Vital Sign mean score was 5.1 (standard deviation 1.18); more than 90% (n = 299) obtained a score equivalent to an "always adequate literacy." A lower percentage than that found by a national survey scored at the "below adequate literacy" level. Language spoken at home was the only covariate that significantly affected test scores (P = 0.01).
Conclusions:
The overall health literacy level of the participants was higher than the general Hispanic adult population. Investing in the education of Hispanics may help to address disparities in health literacy.
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