Literacy as a pathway between schooling and health-related communication skills: a study of Venezuelan mothers |
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| Institution: | 1. Hematology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada;2. Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;3. Internal Medicine, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France;4. Internal Medicine, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina;5. Vascular Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada;6. Hematology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada;7. Internal Medicine, Research in Hematology Department, Hospital Privado de la Comunidad, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Abstract: | This article addresses the mechanisms by which women's schooling might affect the survival and health of their children. A theoretical model is proposed in which academic literacy skills serve as a pathway between formal schooling and maternal health-related behaviors. The model is tested through multivariate analyses of interview and literacy data from 161 mothers in a poor, urban community in Venezuela. Results show that the academic literacy skills women learned in school and retained into adulthood, predict their health-related communication skills above and beyond the amount of schooling they received. The importance of female schooling in developing countries is discussed. |
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