Building health public policy

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Chiarelli, Lynn ^a   Edwards, Peggy ^b  

^a Canadian Public Health Association   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health communications; Health literacy; Health policy; Literacy and health research

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33745451828     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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