The meaning of numbers in health: Exploring health numeracy in a mexican-american population

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 705-711

  Schapira, Marilyn M ^a,b   Fletche, Kathlyn E ^a,b   Ganschow, Pamela S ^c   Walker, Cindy M ^d   Tyler, Bruce ^f   Pozo, Sam Del ^c   Schauer, Carrie ^a   Jacobs, Elizabeth A ^e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f Institute for Medical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Focus groups; Health numeracy; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CODING; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH NUMERACY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051544560     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1645-5     Document Type: Article

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