Can the newest vital sign be used to assess health literacy in children and adolescents?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-144

  Warsh, Joel ^a   Chari, Roopa ^b   Badaczewski, Adam ^b   Hossain, Jobayer ^b   Sharif, Iman ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

child literacy; health literacy; Newest Vital Sign; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GRAY SILENT READING TEST; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PERFORMANCE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDITY; VITAL SIGN;

CHILD LITERACY; HEALTH LITERACY; NEWEST VITAL SIGN; PEDIATRIC;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; READING;

EID: 84892396102     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813504025     Document Type: Article

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