Health literacy instrument in family medicine: The "newest vital sign" ease of use and correlates

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Shah, Lisa Ciccarelli ^a   West, Patricia ^a   Bremmeyr, Katazryna ^a   Savoy Moore, Ruth T ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Newest vital sign; NVS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EDUCATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEWEST VITAL SIGN; RACE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ICE CREAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949524287     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.070278     Document Type: Article

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