Update on Health Literacy and Diabetes

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 581-604

  Bailey, Stacy Cooper ^a   Brega, Angela G ^b   Crutchfield, Trisha M ^c   Elasy, Tom ^d   Herr, Haley ^e   Kaphingst, Kimberly ^f   Karter, Andrew J ^g   Moreland Russell, Sarah ^e   Osborn, Chandra Y ^d   Pignone, Michael ^c   Rothman, Russell ^d,h   Schillinger, Dean ⁱ  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84908650913     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721714540220     Document Type: Article

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