Health literacy and sources of health information for caregivers of urban children with asthma

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-273

  Fagnano, Maria ^a   Halterman, Jill S ^a   Conn, Kelly M ^a   Shone, Laura P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; health information; health literacy; inner city; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; DISEASE SEVERITY; E-MAIL; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; URBAN AREA;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84857610417     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922811421413     Document Type: Article

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