Preventing Chronic Disease | Assessing the Impact of Health Literacy on Education Retention of Stroke Patients - CDC

Inadequate health literacy is a pervasive problem with major implications for reduced health status and health disparities. Despite the role of focused education in both primary and secondary prevention of stroke, the effect of health literacy on stroke education retention has not been reported. We examined the relationship of health literacy to the retention of knowledge after recommended stroke education.


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  • SourceUrl: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/13_0259.htm
  • Syndication ID: 10663
  • Language: English
  • Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Date Syndication Captured: Monday, May 23, 2016 at 10:40 PM
  • Date Syndication Updated: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 01:09 AM

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