Caregiver health literacy and the use of child health services

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Sanders, Lee M ^a   Thompson, Valerie T ^a   Wilkinson, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Primary caregiver; Use of pediatric health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; UNITED STATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FLORIDA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846902420     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1738     Document Type: Article

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