UNASSIGNED: This study examined associations between @entity1 characteristics, health behaviors, and health outcomes and explored the role of health literacy as a potential mediator of outcomes. English- and Spanish-speaking adults with @entity164 2 @entity6 used a bilingual multimedia touchscreen to complete questionnaires. The behavioral model for vulnerable populations guided multivariable regression and mediation testing. Dependent variables were @entity6 self-care, health status, and satisfaction with communication. Independent variables included sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, health literacy, health beliefs, and self-efficacy. Spanish speakers had lower health literacy and poorer physical, mental, and overall health compared to English speakers. Higher health literacy was associated with less social support for diet, fewer diet and medication barriers, younger age, higher @entity6 knowledge, and talking with health care professionals to get @entity6 information. In contrast to expectations, health literacy was not associated with @entity6 self-care, health status, or satisfaction with communication, and it did not mediate the effects of other factors on these outcomes. @entity6 self-efficacy was significantly associated with health behaviors and outcomes. The association between Spanish language preference and poorer health was not mediated by this group's lower health literacy. Increasing health-related self-efficacy might be an important clinical strategy for improving outcomes in underserved @entity1 with @entity164 2 @entity6 .

Health Literacy and @entity1 -Reported Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study of Underserved English- and Spanish-Speaking XXXX With Type 2 Diabetes.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity164 :: ('MESH:D017827', 'Disease') :: ['Type'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['Diabetes', 'diabetes']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Patients']
