Relationship Between Health Literacy, Reading Comprehension, and Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Young Women

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 506-508

  Needham, Heather E ^a   Wiemann, Constance M ^a   Tortolero, Susan R ^b   Chacko, Mariam R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

ADOLESCENT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; READING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950917698     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.11.195     Document Type: Article

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