Quick assessment of literacy in primary care: The newest vital sign

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 514-522

  Weiss, Barry D ^a   Mays, Mary Z ^b   Martz, William ^a   Castro, Kelley Merriam ^a   DeWalt, Darren A ^c   Pignone, Michael P ^c   Mockbee, Joy ^a   Hale, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Literacy; Physician patient communication; Spanish

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FUNCTION TEST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NEWEST VITAL SIGN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

ARIZONA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOD LABELING; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; READING;

EID: 31544436341     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.405     Document Type: Article

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