Preparing for an epidemic of limited health literacy: Weathering the perfect storm

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1273-1276

  Parker, Ruth M ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^b   Kirsch, Irwin ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult literacy; Education; Epidemic; Health literacy; Preparedness; Public health

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49649088624     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0621-1     Document Type: Review

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