Psychosocial correlates of health literacy among older patients with coronary heart disease

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 788-804

  Ussher, Michael ^a   Ibrahim, Saima ^b   Reid, Fiona ^a   Shaw, Adrienne ^a   Rowlands, Gillian ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649494715     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.514030     Document Type: Article

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