Impact of health literacy on socioeconomic and racial differences in health in an elderly population

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 857-861

  Howard, David H ^a   Sentell, Tetine ^b   Gazmararian, Julie A ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational status; Health literacy; Health status; Minority groups

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745767762     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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