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Relationship of Functional Health Literacy to Patients' Knowledge of Their Chronic Disease

Archives of Internal Medicine · 1998 · Vol. 158(2) · pp. 166–166

Mark V. Williams✉(Emory University)David W. BakerRuth M. ParkerJoanne R. Nurss

Abstract

Inadequate functional health literacy poses a major barrier to educating patients with chronic diseases, and current efforts to overcome this appear unsuccessful.

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Diabetes Management and Education Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsHealth literacyMedicineDiabetes mellitusLiteracyDiseaseInternal medicinePhysical therapyGerontologyFamily medicineHealth care

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AdultAgedChronic DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesDiabetes MellitusEducational StatusFemaleHospitals, PublicHumansHypertensionHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeMaleMiddle AgedPatient Education as TopicUrban Population

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