Health literacy as a predictor of follow-up after an abnormal pap smear: A prospective study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 829-834

  Lindau, Stacy Tessler ^a,b   Basu, Anirban ^b   Leitsch, Sara A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Cervical cancer; Disparities; Literacy; Pap smear; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTYPY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33745804717     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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