Use of a patient assistant to facilitate medical visits for Latino patients with low health literacy

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-307

  Sarfaty, Mona ^a   Turner, Christine Hurley ^b   Damotta, Elizabeth ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicultural; Bilingual; Case management; Cultural and linguistic appropriateness; Cultural competence; Health literacy; Immigrant; Interpreter; Latin American; Latino; Literacy; Navigator; Patient assistant; Project Access; Spanish; Translator; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPREHENSION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEUKODYSTROPHY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; READING; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 19944390222     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-005-3707-2     Document Type: Article

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