Do brief screening questions or provider perception accurately identify persons with low health literacy in the HIV primary care setting?

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 623-629

  Ohl, Michael ^a   Harris, Anna ^b   Nurudtinova, Diana ^c,d   Cai, Xueya ^a   Drohobyczer, Denise ^e   Overton, Edgar T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d St Louis Veterans Administration   (United States)

^e PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958007900     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0319     Document Type: Article

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