Creating a health literacy-based practice.
The California Dental Association has taken the lead to improve the oral health literacy of its residents, and dental practices play an essential role toward this end. The communication skills of the dental team are essential to increasing oral health skills of Californians. The purpose of this article is to provide suggestions and recommendations for creating and maintaining health literacy-based practices in private practice, public clinics, and dental schools.
Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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Horowitz
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Kleinman
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