A Multisite Community-Based Health Literacy Intervention for Spanish Speakers

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 431-438

  Soto Mas, F ^a   Cordova, C ^b   Murrietta, A ^b   Jacobson, H E ^b   Ronquillo, F ^c   Helitzer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative; English language; ESL; Hispanics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; POVERTY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84939893666     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9953-4     Document Type: Article

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