The mechanisms linking health literacy to behavior and health status

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-128

  Osborn, Chandra Y ^a   Paasche Orlow, Michael K ^b   Bailey, Stacy Cooper ^c   Wolf, Michael S ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior.; Health literacy.; Health status; Knowledge.; Selfefficacy.

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649345430     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.35.1.11     Document Type: Article

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