Development and validation of the health literacy assessment tool for older people in Taiwan: Potential impacts of cultural differences. Issue 2 (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chung, Min-Huey; Chen, Liang-Kung; Peng, Li-Ning; Chi, Mei-Ju
• Is Part Of: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics. Volume 61:Issue 2(2015:Sep./Oct.)
• Page Start: 289
• Page End: 295
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Aging -- Periodicals; Geriatrics -- Periodicals; Gerontology -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 305.26
• DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.06.015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0167-4943

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0020"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Culture of 'face' meant someone was embarrassed if he did not know how to do something.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Existed health literacy assessment was hard for elderly because of culture of 'face'.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Self-rated screening tool solved the difficulties for elderly to realize and answer existed tool.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Elderly with no caregiver need for daily life had better health literacy performance.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>