Development and testing of the test of functional health literacy in dentistry (TOFHLiD)

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-112

  Gong, Debra A ^b   Lee, Jessica Y ^a   Rozier, R Gary ^a   Pahel, Bhavna T ^a   Richman, Julia A ^c   Vann Jr , William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument validation; Oral health literacy; Pediatric dentistry; REALD; REALM; TOFHLA; TOFHLiD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; DENTISTRY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34248330977     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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