Tailored Education May Reduce Health Literacy Disparities in Asthma Self-Management
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Tailored education may reduce health literacy disparities in asthma self-management.
RATIONALE Although inadequate health literacy has been associated with lower asthma medication knowledge and worse metered-dose inhaler (MDI) technique, the relationship between health literacy and the capacity to learn asthma self-management skills is unknown. OBJECTIVES In this prospective cohort study of adults hospitalized for severe asthma exacerbations at two inner-city hospitals, we ex...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1073-449X,1535-4970
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200409-1291oc