Health literacy; Medical comprehension; Spanish speaking; Written medical instructions
Indexed keywords
ADULT;
AGE;
ARTICLE;
COMPREHENSION;
DRUG INFORMATION;
FEMALE;
HEALTH EDUCATION;
HEALTH SURVEY;
HISPANIC;
HUMAN;
LANGUAGE ABILITY;
MALE;
PARENTAL BEHAVIOR;
PRESCRIPTION;
REGRESSION ANALYSIS;
SOCIOECONOMICS;
SPAIN;
UNITED STATES;
ATTITUDE TO HEALTH;
CHILD;
COMMUNICATION DISORDER;
CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY;
DRUG LABELING;
EDUCATIONAL STATUS;
LANGUAGE;
ADULT;
CHILD;
COMMUNICATION BARRIERS;
COMPREHENSION;
CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES;
DRUG LABELING;
EDUCATIONAL STATUS;
FEMALE;
HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE;
HISPANIC AMERICANS;
HUMANS;
LANGUAGE;
MALE;
NEW YORK CITY;
REGRESSION ANALYSIS;
The Harvard School of Public Health: Health Literacy Studies Web Site. Available at: http:www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy. Accessed July 5, 2003.
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National Center for Education Statistics Web Site. Available at: http://nces.ed.gov/naal/defining/defining.asp/. Accessed July 10, 2003.
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Kirxh IS, Jungeblut A, Jenkins L, Kolstad A. Executive summary of adult literacy in America: a first look at the results of the national adult literacy survey. National Center for Education Statistics Web site. Available at: http://nces.ed.gov//naal/resources/execsumm.asp#litskills. Accessed August 31, 2004.
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Inadequate literacy is a barrier to asthma knowledge and self-care
Williams MV, Baker DW, Honig EG, et al. Inadequate literacy is a barrier to asthma knowledge and self-care. Chest. 1998; 114:1008-1015.
US Census Bureau. Race and Hispanic or Latino: 2000 (Table GCT-P6) Geographic Area: United States. Available at: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-_box_head⊄r=GCT-P6& -ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U-_lang=en&-format=US-9&-_sse=on. Accessed November 21, 2004.
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Providing patients with written medication information
Buck ML. Providing patients with written medication information. Ann Pharmacother. 1998;32:962-968.
The gap between patient reading comprehension and the readability of patient education materials
Davis TC, Crouch M, Willis G, et al. The gap between patient reading comprehension and the readability of patient education materials. J Fam Pract. 1990;31:533-538.
Reading ability of parents compared with reading level of pediatric education materials
Davis TC, Mayeaux EJ, Frederickson D, et al. Reading ability of parents compared with reading level of pediatric education materials. Pediatrics. 1994;93:460-468.
