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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 4 (2017), Article ID 4:IJNCP-241, 3 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2017/241
Research Article
Health Literacy and Screening for Chronic Diseases in African Communities in the District of Columbia Metropolitan Area

Priscilla O. Okunji*, Ify Nwabukwu, Julia Ugorji, Nkechi Enwerem, Chidi Oriaku, Beatrice Onwudiwe, Anne Chukwu, Norah Aninta, Josephine Ezemobi, Ihuoma Ezebuihe, and Uzoamaka Okunji

Division of Nursing, Howard University, 519 Bryant Street, NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA
Dr. Priscilla O. Okunji, Division of Nursing, Howard University, 519 Bryant Street, NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA; E-mail: priscilla.okunji@howard.edu
22 March 2017; 28 June 2017; 30 June 2017
Okunji PO, Nwabukwu I, Ugorji J, Enwerem N, Oriaku C, et al. (2017) Health Literacy and Screening for Chronic Diseases in African Communities in the District of Columbia Metropolitan Area. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 4: 241. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2017/241
© 2017 Okunji et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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