Developing and testing the health literacy universal precautions toolkit

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-94

  DeWalt, Darren A ^a   Broucksou, Kimberly A ^a   Hawk, Victoria ^a   Brach, Cindy ^b   Hink, Ashley ^c   Rudd, Rima ^d   Callahan, Leigh ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952602202     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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