Relation of health literacy to gonorrhoea related care

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 206-211

  Fortenberry, J D ^a   McFarlane, M M ^a   Hennessy, M ^b   Bull, S S ^c   Grimley, D M ^d   St Lawrence, J ^b   Stoner, B P ^e   Vandevanter, N ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Care seeking behaviour; Gonorrhoea; Literacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0034956838     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.77.3.206     Document Type: Article

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