CI week 1 assignment

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Week 1 – Assignment 1 Rubric Ghaddar et al. Health Insurance Literacy and Awareness of the Affordable Care Act in a Vulnerable Hispanic Population. Part Answers Points Earned Gap in the literature Not many studies (a) have looked at health insurance literacy

(HIL) and its relationship with the ACA (5) or (b) have assessed the health insurance literacy of Hispanic consumers (5).

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Research question • What factors contribute to health insurance literacy in vulnerable Hispanic communities? (3)

• Is ACA knowledge associated with health insurance literacy among vulnerable groups along the Texas-Mexico border? (7)

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Study design Cross-sectional 10 Population studied Target population (preferred answer): Hispanic (4) vulnerable

groups (4) along the Texas-Mexico border (2) OR Accessible population: Hispanic (4) attendees at Operation Lone Star (4) in Hidalgo County (2) Note to coaches: either one of these answers is considered correct.

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Predictor variable(s) Health insurance literacy (7), sociodemographic characteristics (2), health literacy (2), health status (2), political affiliation (2).

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Outcome variable(s) ACA knowledge 15 Results • Almost 70% of participants knew nothing/very little about the

ACA. (10) • Multivariate analyses revealed that no/very little ACA

knowledge was associated with o low levels of confidence “choosing health insurance

plans” (full sample) and “comparing plans” (U.S.-born sub-sample) (10)

o low income levels (5) o not having a diabetes diagnosis (5)

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Total 100