Developing a measure of communicative and critical health literacy: A pilot study of Japanese office workers

Health Promotion International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Ishikawa, Hirono ^a,b   Nomura, Kyoko ^b   Sato, Mikiya ^b   Yano, Eiji ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Health related behaviors; Somatic symptoms; Stress coping

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPANESE; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OFFICE WORKER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOMETRY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 50849100428     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dan017     Document Type: Article

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