* Health literacy, socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Japan.
- Health literacy (HL) is a key determinant of health in a contemporary society characterized by abundant information. Previous studies have suggested that basic or functional HL is positively associated with health, whereas evidences on the association between health and communicative/critical HL are scarce. Furthermore, confounding by socioeconomic status on HL-health association has been poorly tested. Using cross-sectional data from a nationally representative community-based survey in Japan, we investigated whether communicative/critical HL is associated with self-rated health independent of socioeconomic status. A total of 1237 subjects participated in this study; the response rate was 62%. To measure communicative/critical HL, we used three questions assessing the respondents' ability to select, to communicate to others and to evaluate specific health-related information. Potential confounders included demographic factors, household income, employment status, and educational attainment. A multivariate model revealed that good self-reported health was significantly associated with younger age [odds ratio (OR), 0.99; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.97-0.99], employment (OR, 2.89; 95% CI, 1.06-7.88) and higher communicative/critical HL scores (OR 2.75; 95%CI, 1.93-3.90). Respondents with lower education were likely to have poorer communicative/critical HL. These results imply that to close the health gap, policy interventions should focus on the promotion of HL among deprived sociodemographic groups.
=>1.(車が)全壊する, 全損する, 2.全体の, 全ての, 総計の, 総体の, 全くの, 完全な, 総力の, 3.総額, 総計,
全体の, (車が)全壊する, 合計(する), なる
Overview of noun total
The noun total has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (13) sum, total, totality, aggregate -- (the whole amount)
2. (6) sum, amount, total -- (a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers)
Overview of verb total
The verb total has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (16) total, number, add up, come, amount -- (add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to
$2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000")
2. (2) total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up --
(determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town")
3. total -- (damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals
his guitar at every concert")
Overview of adj total
The adj total has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (31) entire, full, total -- (constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town
devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure")
2. (2) full, total -- (complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total
eclipse"; "a total disaster")
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