Clinical utility of a brief screen for health literacy and numeracy among adults with diabetes mellitus

Family Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 417-423

  Miser, William F ^a   Jeppesen, Kelly M ^b   Wallace, Lorraine S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b McKay Dee Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878857529     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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