Literacy and learning in health care

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Wolf, Michael S ^a,b   Wilson, Elizabeth A H ^a   Rapp, David N ^a,b,c   Waite, Katherine R ^a   Bocchini, Mary V ^d   Davis, Terry C ^d   Rudd, Rima E ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Education and Social Policy   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Education; Health literacy; Learning; Literacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72849107291     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1162C     Document Type: Review

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