OP49 The influence of regular reading, internet use, and social attachment on maintaining health literacy skills during ageing in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A26.1-A26 ◽  
Author(s):  
LC Kobayashi ◽  
J Wardle ◽  
C von Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Social Attachment ◽  
English Longitudinal Study ◽  
Regular Reading

scholarly journals Health literacy, cognitive ability and self-reported diabetes in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloe Fawns-Ritchie ◽  
Jackie Price ◽  
Ian J Deary
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adequate Health Literacy ◽  
Diabetes Status ◽  
English Longitudinal Study

AbstractObjectiveTo examine the association of health literacy and cognitive ability with risk of diabetes.Research Design and Methods: Participants were 8,669 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing participants (mean age 66.7 years, SD 9.7) who completed health literacy and cognitive ability tests at wave 2 (2004-2005), and who answered a self-reported question on whether a doctor had ever diagnosed them with diabetes. Logistic regression was used to examine the cross-sectional associations of health literacy and cognitive ability with diabetes status. In those without diabetes at wave 2, Cox regression was used to test the associations of health literacy and cognitive ability with risk of diabetes over a median of 9.5 years follow-up (n=6,961).ResultsAdequate (compared to limited) health literacy (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.61-0.84) and higher cognitive ability (OR per 1 SD 0.73, CI 0.67-0.80) were both associated with lower odds of self-reported diabetes. Adequate health literacy (HR 0.64; CI 0.53-0.77) and higher cognitive ability (HR 0.77, CI 0.69-0.85) were also associated with lower risk of self-reporting diabetes during follow-up. When both health literacy and cognitive ability were added to the same model, these associations were slightly attenuated. Additional adjustment for health behaviours, education and social class attenuated associations further, and neither health literacy nor cognitive ability were significantly associated with diabetes.ConclusionsAdequate health literacy and better cognitive ability were associated with reduced risk of diabetes. These associations were independent of each other, but not of other health- and socioeconomic-related variables.

scholarly journals Health literacy, cognitive ability and smoking: a cross-sectional analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. e023929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloe Fawns-Ritchie ◽  
John M Starr ◽  
Ian J Deary
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Current Smoker ◽  
Full Time ◽  
General Cognitive Ability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Occupational Social Class ◽  
English Longitudinal Study ◽  
A Current

ObjectivesWe used logistic regression to investigate whether health literacy and cognitive ability independently predicted whether participants have ever smoked and, in ever smokers, whether participants still smoked nowadays.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingThis study used data from Wave 2 (2004–05) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, which is a cohort study of adults who live in England and who, at baseline, were aged 50 years and older.Participants8734 (mean age=65.31 years, SD=10.18) English Longitudinal Study of Ageing participants who answered questions about their current and past smoking status, and completed cognitive ability and health literacy tests at Wave 2.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe primary outcome measures were whether participants reported ever smoking at Wave 2 and whether ever smokers reported still smoking at Wave 2.ResultsIn models adjusting for age, sex, age left full-time education and occupational social class, limited health literacy (OR=1.096, 95% CI 0.988 to 1.216) and higher general cognitive ability (OR=1.000, 95% CI 0.945 to 1.057) were not associated with reporting ever smoking. In ever smokers, limited compared with adequate health literacy was associated with greater odds of being a current smoker (OR=1.194, 95% CI 1.034 to 1.378) and a 1 SD higher general cognitive ability score was associated with reduced odds of being a current smoker (OR=0.878, 95% CI 0.810 to 0.951), when adjusting for age, sex, age left full-time education and occupational social class.ConclusionsWhen adjusting for education and occupation variables, this study found that health literacy and cognitive ability were independently associated with whether ever smokers continued to smoke nowadays, but not with whether participants had ever smoked.

scholarly journals Social isolation, health literacy, and mortality risk: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel G. Smith ◽  
Sarah E. Jackson ◽  
Lindsay C. Kobayashi ◽  
Andrew Steptoe
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
English Longitudinal Study

scholarly journals Disaster Literacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 694-694
Author(s):  
Lisa Brown ◽  
Lindsay Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Social Marketing Campaign ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
Response And Recovery

Abstract People who plan ahead typically fare better during the response and recovery phases of a disaster. However, problems arise when the needs, wants, abilities, and resources of vulnerable people are not adequately considered. The lack of alignment between the literacy demands of existing materials and the literacy skills of many vulnerable subgroups limits their ability to understand and effectively use potentially life-saving information. Existing health literacy models that have demonstrated effectiveness in changing health behaviors and improving outcomes is a first step to reducing disaster-related morbidity and mortality in low resource and low literacy areas. This presentation will 1) describe how interdisciplinary collaborations can be used to address this public health issue, 2) explain how health literacy techniques can be applied when developing disaster materials, and 3) present research data on a social marketing campaign to improved disaster preparedness of older adults. Part of a symposium sponsored by Disasters and Older Adults Interest Group.

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