Health literacy and self-efficacy for participating in colorectal cancer screening: The role of information processing

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 352-357

  von Wagner, Christian ^a   Semmler, Claudia ^a   Good, Anna ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Health literacy; Knowledge; Literacy; Numeracy; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 67349194271     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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