Does health literacy affect patients' receipt of preventative primary care? A multilevel analysis

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Joshi, Chandni ^a   Jayasinghe, Upali W ^a   Parker, Sharon ^a   Mar, Chris Del ^b   Russell, Grant ^c   Lloyd, Jane ^a   Mazza, Danielle ^c   Denney Wilson, Elizabeth ^d   Van Driel, Mieke ^e   Taylor, Richard ^a   Harris, Mark F ^a   Zwar, Nicholas ^f   Litt, John ^g   Smith, Jane ^b   Laws, Rachel ^h   Snowdon, Teri ⁱ   Bolger Harris, Helen ⁱ   Groombridge, Stephan ⁱ   Goldstein, Stan ^j   Howarth, Teresa ^j   Huang, Nancy ^k   Wilson, Jinty ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f University of NSW Australia   (Australia)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Australia)

^j Bupa Australia   (Australia)

^k NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Behavioural risk factors; Health literacy; Nutrition; Obesity; Physical activity; Primary health care; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84988492505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-014-0171-z     Document Type: Article

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