Meeting the health literacy needs of immigrant populations

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 328-332

  Kreps, Gary L ^a   Sparks, Lisa ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer communication science; Community based intervention; Health communication; Health disparities; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; MULTILINGUALISM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 43049090750     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.03.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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