Marissa Slack
11-16-2007
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Andrulis, D.P. & Brach, C. (2007). Integrating literacy, culture, and language to improve health care quality for diverse populations. American Journal of Speech Behavior, 31(Suppl 1), S122-S133. Retrieved October 11, 2007 from the Academic Search Premier.
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Hester, E. J. & Benitez-McCrary, M. (2006, December). Health literacy: Research directions for speech-language pathology and audiology. The ASHA Leader, 11(17), 33-34.
Manning, K.D. & Kripalani, S. (2007). The use of standardized patients to teach low-literacy communication skills. American Journal of Speech Behavior, 31(Suppl 1), S105-S110. Retrieved October 11, 2007 from the Academic Search Premier.
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Rao, P. R. (2007, May). Health literacy: The cornerstone of patient safety. The ASHA Leader, 12(6), 8-9.
Schwartzberg, J.G., Cowett, A., VanGeest, J., & Wolf, M.S. (2007). Communication Techniques for Patients with Low Health Literacy: A survey of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. American Journal of Speech Behavior, 31(Suppl 1), S96-S104. Retrieved October 11, 2007 from the Academic Search Premier.
Shea, J.A., Beers, B.B., McDonald, V.J., Quistberg, D.A., Ravenell, K.L., & Asch, D.A. (2004). Assessing health literacy in african american and caucasian adults: Disparities in rapid estimate of adult literacy in medicine (REALM) score. Special Articles: Health Literacy and Family Medicine, 36 (8), 575-581. Retrieved October 11, 2007 from the Academic Search Premier.
US Census Bureau. (2003, October). Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000. Retrieve November 11, 2007, from www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/lang_use.html
