Change in Health Literacy Over 2 Years in Older Adults With Diabetes

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 638-646

  Morris, Nancy S ^a   Maclean, Charles D ^b   Littenberg, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884509420     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721713496871     Document Type: Article

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