Health literacy, information seeking, and trust in information in Haitians

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 441-450

  Lubetkin, Erica I ^a   Zabor, Emily C ^b   Isaac, Kathleen ^c   Brennessel, Debra ^d   Kemeny, M Margaret ^d   Hay, Jennifer L ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Health literacy; Minority groups; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; TRUST;

EID: 84925389979     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.39.3.16     Document Type: Article

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