Does health literacy mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and health related outcomes in the Belgian adult population?

• Main Authors: Finaba Berete (Author), Lydia Gisle (Author), Stefaan Demarest (Author), Rana Charafeddine (Author), Olivier Bruyère (Author), Stephan Van den Broucke (Author), Johan Van der Heyden (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Health literacy (HL) has been put forward as a potential mediator through which socioeconomic status (SES) affects health. This study explores whether HL mediates the relation between SES and a selection of health or health-related outcomes. Methods Data from the participants of...