The METER: A brief, self-administered measure of health literacy

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Rawson, Katherine A ^a   Gunstad, John ^a,b   Hughes, Joel ^a,b   Spitznagel, Mary Beth ^a,b   Potter, Vanessa ^b   Waechter, Donna ^a,b   Rosneck, James ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular health; Health literacy; METER; REALM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL TERM RECOGNITION TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951104201     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1158-7     Document Type: Article

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