A health literacy assessment of the National Epilepsy Foundation Web site

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-532

  Elliott, John O ^a   Charyton, Christine ^b   Long, Lucretia ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Health education; Health literacy; Reading level assessments

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 36549021509     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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