Association of Low Caregiver Health Literacy With Reported Use of Nonstandardized Dosing Instruments and Lack of Knowledge of Weight-Based Dosing

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 292-298

  Yin, H Shonna ^a   Dreyer, Benard P ^a   Foltin, George ^a   van Schaick, Linda ^a   Mendelsohn, Alan L ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health literacy; literacy; medical errors; pediatric medication errors

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEDICATION ERROR; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN AREA; WORK EXPERIENCE;

BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547125315     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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