Health literacy: The new outcome indicator for evaluating a health education program

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Chang, Li Chun ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Health education; Health literacy; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 39749086836     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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