Health literacy as a determinant, mediator and/or moderator of health: empirical models using the European Health Literacy Survey dataset

Pelikan, Jürgen M.; Ganahl, Kristin; Roethlin, Florian

doi:10.1177/1757975918788300

Health literacy as a determinant, mediator and/or moderator of health: empirical models using the European Health Literacy Survey dataset

Background/research question: In the health literacy (HL) discourse there is debate about the ways by which HL is impacting health. Three different, logically non-exclusive hypotheses are proposed: (a) HL as a specific, direct, social determinant of health; (b) HL as a mediator between other dete…