Health Literacy Estimation of English and Spanish Language Caregivers

• Main Authors: Michael Cooper Jr (Author), Ryan Blucker (Author), David Thompson (Author), Elaine Griffeth (Author), Michael Grassi (Author), Kelsey Damron (Author), Colleen Parrish (Author), Stephen Gillaspy (Author), Marianne Dunlap (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SLACK Incorporated, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Provider ability to estimate caregiver health literacy (HL) in English-speaking caregivers has been shown to be poor, but estimation of HL in Spanish-speaking caregivers by physicians and staff has yet to be studied. Linguistic differences can further hinder communication in medical care...