Development of a brief test to measure functional health literacy

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-42

  Baker, David W ^a   Williams, Mark V ^b   Parker, Ruth M ^b   Gazmararian, Julie A ^c   Nurss, Joanne ^d  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Prudential Ctr for Hlth Care Res   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational status; Patient education; Questionnaires; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SELF ADMINISTRATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0033199417     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(98)00116-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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