Health literacy: A key ingredient for managing personal health

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Schloman, Barbara F ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information literacy; Health literacy; Literacy; Readability

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; REVIEW;

EID: 22544446481     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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