Validation of a Hebrew health literacy test

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 235-239

  Baron Epel, Orna ^a   Balin, Luba ^a   Daniely, Zehava ^a   Eidelman, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Hebrew; S TOFHLA; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEBREW HEALTH LITERACY TEST; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34249938599     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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