Studies from James Madison University Describe New Findings in Education (Exploring the Impact of Instruction On College Students’ Health Insurance Literacy): Education

2022 JUN 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report -- Data detailed on Education have been presented. According to news reporting from Harrisonburg, Virginia, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Student health insurance literacy is an area of limited prior knowledge, and investigations into this topic have the potential to impact students’ self-care strategies, self-efficacy, decision-making, and quality of life. The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with health insurance literacy and knowledge among undergraduate students.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from James Madison University, “In this study, undergraduate students at one mid-Atlantic public university in the United States who did and did not receive instruction on health insurance were surveyed. Students were recruited from a course that offers formal instruction about health insurance and students in a comparison group at the same university were recruited from a general education participant pool. Participants (n = 364) completed an online anonymous survey that included demographics, experience with health insurance, health insurance knowledge, and health insurance literacy self-efficacy. Hierarchical multiple regression results indicated participants in the course who received health insurance instruction scored higher on a measure of health insurance knowledge. Higher levels of health insurance self-efficacy was also associated with receiving instruction related to health insurance. Female gender and higher parental education were associated with a lower self-efficacy. Improving health insurance knowledge and self-efficacy among undergraduates is an important aspect of preparing students for post-graduate life where decisions about health insurance coverage and healthcare utilization will increase.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Furthermore, increasing health insurance literacy may contribute to raising standards of health literacy, health care, and health care seeking across communities.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Exploring the Impact of Instruction On College Students’ Health Insurance Literacy. Journal of Community Health, 2022. Journal of Community Health can be contacted at: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States. (Springer - www.springer.com; Journal of Community Health - http://www.springerlink.com/content/0094-5145/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Sri Siddhi N. Upadhyay, James Madison University, Dept. of Psychology, 91 Grace St, Msc 7704, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, United States. Additional authors for this research include Laura K. Merrell, Dayna S. Henry and April Temple.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-022-01096-2. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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