Developing and evaluating a relevant and feasible instrument for measuring health literacy of Canadian high school students

Health Promotion International

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 444-452

  Wu, Amery D ^a   Begoray, Deborah L ^b   MacDonald, Marjorie ^b   Wharf Higgins, Joan ^b   Frankish, Jim ^a   Kwan, Brenda ^a   Fung, Winny ^a   Rootman, Irving ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescents; health literacy; instrument; measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 78649252465     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq032     Document Type: Article

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