Validation of a health literacy screening tool (REALM) in a UK Population with coronary heart disease

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-455

  Ibrahim, S Y ^a   Reid, F ^b   Shaw, A ^a   Rowlands, G ^a,e   Gomez, G B ^c   Chesnokov, M ^d   Ussher, M ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Primary Care and Public Health

Author keywords

Health literacy; Literacy; Patient needs; Poor health; Screening tools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 56749185756     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn059     Document Type: Article

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