Increasing public awareness about hepatitis C: Development and validation of the brief hepatitis C knowledge scale

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 801-808

  Balfour, Louise ^a,b,c   Kowal, John ^d   Corace, Kimberly M ^a,b,c   Tasca, Giorgio A ^a,b,c,e   Krysanski, Valerie ^c   Cooper, Curtis L ^a,b   Garber, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health education; Hepatitis C knowledge; Hepatitis C virus; Psychometric scale development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AWARENESS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70449686036     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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