Relationship between self-reported racial composition of high school and health literacy among community health center patients

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-44

  Kaphingst, Kimberly A ^a   Goodman, Melody ^b   Pyke, Owen ^b   Stafford, Jewel ^b   Lachance, Christina ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

community health centers; health disparities; health literacy; residential segregation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; RACE; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856485048     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198111406538     Document Type: Article

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