Medication literacy in Spanish and English: Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment tool

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Sauceda, John A ^a   Loya, Amanda M ^b   Sias, Jeri J ^b   Taylor, Thomas ^c   Wiebe, John S ^a   Rivera, José O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c DLI Foreign Language Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Medication literacy; Psychometric evaluations; Spanish patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEDICATION LITERACY ASSESSMENT IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SHORT TEST OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY IN ADULT;

EID: 84890515097     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2012.11264     Document Type: Article

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