Empowering low-income parents with skills to reduce excess pediatric emergency room and clinic visits through a tailored low literacy training intervention

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 895-910

  Herman, Ariella ^a   Jackson, Portia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; POVERTY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABSENTEEISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 78650582661     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.522228     Document Type: Article

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