Within the eyes of the people: Using a photonovel as a consciousness-raising health literacy tool with ESL-speaking immigrant women

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-340

  Nimmon, Laura E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Health promotion; Vulnerable population

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548493226     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405414     Document Type: Article

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