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  • Health Literacy
  • Rural Health

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  • Older rural adults often face challenges accessing health information.
  • Health literacy is crucial for navigating healthcare systems and making informed decisions.
  • Understanding complementary and alternative therapies (CAM) is important for holistic health management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate a skill-building intervention aimed at enhancing health literacy in older rural adults.
  • To specifically assess improvements in health literacy related to complementary and alternative therapies (CAM).

Main Methods:

  • An intervention was delivered across eight rural communities.
  • Descriptive statistics and general linear modeling were employed for data analysis.
  • 127 older adults participated, with 52 completing a 5-month follow-up.

Main Results:

  • Health literacy scores for general health and CAM significantly increased post-intervention (Time 2 vs. Time 1).
  • A notable decline in health literacy scores was observed by the 5-month follow-up (Time 3).

Conclusions:

  • Skill-building interventions can effectively boost health literacy among older rural adults.
  • Sustained strategies are necessary to maintain and improve health literacy over time.
  • Supporting older adults in making safe healthcare choices is a vital role for healthcare professionals.