Lower health literacy predicts smoking relapse among racially/ethnically diverse smokers with low socioeconomic status

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stewart, Diana W ^a   Cano, Miguel Ángel ^a   Correa Fernández, Virmarie ^a   Spears, Claire Adams ^b   Li, Yisheng ^a   Waters, Andrew J ^c   Wetter, David W ^a,d   Vidrine, Jennifer Irvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Health literacy; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905172441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-716     Document Type: Article

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