Health education online for individuals with low Health literacy: Evaluation of the diabetes and you website

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-88

  Whitten, Pamela ^a,b   Buis, Lorraine ^c   Love, Brad ^d   MacKert, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Health education; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749125915     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: 15228991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J017v26n01_06     Document Type: Article

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