A tale of two health literacies: Public health and clinical approaches to health literacy

Health Promotion International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-159

  Pleasant, Andrew ^a   Kuruvilla, Shyama ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical information; Facts for life; Health literacy; Public health; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; READING;

ADULT; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 44649139805     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dan001     Document Type: Article

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