Association of brief health literacy screening and blood pressure in primary care

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 129-142

  Willens, David E ^a,b,c   Kripalani, Sunil ^c   Schildcrout, Jonathan S ^d   Cawthon, Courtney ^c   Wallston, Ken ^d   Mion, Lorraine C ^d   Davis, Corinne ^c   Danciu, Iona ^c   Rothman, Russell L ^c   Roumie, Christianne L ^b,c  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84885579849     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.825663     Document Type: Article

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