Health literacy is a predictor of HIV/AIDS knowledge

Family Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 717-723

  Hicks, Giselle ^a,b   Barragán, Maribel ^a,b   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^a,b   Williams, Mark V ^a   Del Rio, Carlos ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845409725     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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