Strategies to address low Health Literacy and Numeracy in Diabetes

Clinical Diabetes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 171-175

  Osborn, Chandra Y ^a   Cavanaugh, Kerri ^b   Kripalani, Sunil ^c  

^a Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Nephrology   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKILL;

EID: 78149438949     PISSN: 08918929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diaclin.28.4.171     Document Type: Article

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