eHEALS: The eHealth literacy scale

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Norman, Cameron D ^a,b   Skinner, Harvey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Peter A Silverman Global eHealth Program   (Canada)

^c York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internet; Literacy; Psychometrics; Public health; Quantitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRONICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WEB BROWSER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSUMER; EVALUATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; CANADA; COMPUTER LITERACY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33846896456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.8.4.e27     Document Type: Article

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