Sociodemographic factors associated with health literacy in a large sample of mothers of newborn children: cross-sectional findings from a birth cohort (KUNO-Kids health study)
Brandstetter, S.; Atzendorf, J.; Seelbach-Göbel, B.; Melter, M.; Kabesch, M.; Apfelbacher, C. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2019 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Background: Health literacy can be defined as a person's capabilities to make sound decisions regarding health and determinants of health. It is considered an important public health goal and of particular relevance when people are starting a family. However, health literacy of new mothers has not been studied so far in Germany. Methods: Health literacy and various sociodemographic variables were assessed among 2182 mothers of newborns who take part in an ongoing birth cohort study (KUNO-Kids health study). Health literacy was measured by the HLS-EU health care scale (Sørensen, 2013) from which an index (range 0…
