The Association Between Social Functioning and Health Literacy Among Rural Southeastern African Americans with Hypertension

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Analyzes how the relationship between social support and health literacy may mitigate health outcomes in African American populations in rural Southeastern USA. Utilizes data from the Southeastern Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Control trial to examine social isolation and health literacy in 1,221 individuals, with data further broken down by age, sex, education, income, cognition impairments, marriage status, and study site.

Iliana Gutierrez, Joanna Bryan, Elizabeth Baquero, Monika M. Safford

Health Promotion International, 38

05/2023

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Black or African American · Cardiovascular disease · Social connectedness · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · The South