Health literacy among English-speaking parents in a poor urban setting

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 504-511

  Lo, Sarah ^a   Sharif, Iman ^a,b,c   Ozuah, Philip O ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Clinical Pediatrics   (Mexico)

^c Social Pediatrics Residency Program   (United States)

^d Department of Pediatrics ^*

Author keywords

Health literacy; Inner city; Medication dosing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; DRUG LABELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; COMPREHENSION; DRUG LABELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENTS; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33748932168     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0109     Document Type: Review

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