Purpose of the Study Older adults’ self-care often depends on understanding and utilizing
health information. Inadequate health literacy among older adults poses a barrier to self-care …

Objective: This study investigated how older adults’ representations of hypertension relate
to their illness experience (years of illness), health literacy and self-rated health. Design: …

Objectives: This study sought to make the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ) to
be more informative about illness representation among older adults with hypertension. The …

Disparities in health and access to health care continue to persist among the American
Indian/Alaska Native population, despite federal efforts to call attention to and address these …

What, within Indigenous modes of health and wellness, can structure a story powerful enough
to reduce health inequities in Indian Country? Health inequities in Indian Country have …

RESULTS Final samples included 75 patients with hypertension (average age= 67.90 (SD=
12.28), 63% female, 73% White), 81 patients with type 2 diabetes (average age= 57.77 (SD…

This paper will explore the difficult conversations and places of tension in the lived experience
of chronic pain for urban American Indians from a larger study discerning relationships …

… into letter codes in Elise’s notes and in the interview transetipt. Elise will work with
undergraduate volunteers to type the transcripts. At the conclusion of the study, Elise will prepare a …

This delegation sought to explore opportunities to expand the existing relationship with Sierra
Leonean partners around a global health theme. Our work began before even setting foot …

Understanding and acting on online health information is increasingly a pre-requisite for
patient self-care. Therefore, inadequate health literacy is a barrier to self-care among older …