The influence of community and individual health literacy on self-reported health status

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 298-304

  Sentell, Tetine ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Davis, James ^c   Baker, Kathleen Kromer ^d   Braun, Kathryn L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Office of Health Status Monitoring   (United States)

^e 'Imi Hale Native Hawaiian Cancer Network   (United States)

Author keywords

community health; disparities; health literacy; health status; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894079298     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2638-3     Document Type: Article

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