Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 56-59 , January 2005

Health Literacy Among Spanish-Speaking Latino Parents With Limited English Proficiency

  • Melissa Leyva, MD

      Affiliations

    • Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
    • ,
  • Iman Sharif, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationIman Sharif, MD, MPH, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Residency Program in Social Pediatrics, 3544 Jerome Ave, Bronx, NY 10467
    • ,
  • Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY

Received 20 June 2004 ,Accepted 30 September 2004.

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 Presented in part at the annual meetings of the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research in Connecticut, March 2004, and the Pediatric Academic Societies in San Francisco, Calif, May 2004.

PII: S1530-1567(05)60007-X

doi: 10.1367/A04-093R.1

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 56-59 , January 2005

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