Evaluation of a word recognition instrument to test health literacy in dentistry: The REALD-99

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-104

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental health literacy; Health literacy; REALD; REALM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DENTISTRY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY;

EID: 34248401186     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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