Tackling health literacy: Adaptation of public hypertension educational materials for an Indo-Asian population in Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jones, Charlotte A ^a   Mawani, Shefina ^a   King, Kathryn M ^a   Allu, Selina Omar ^a   Smith, Megan ^a   Mohan, Sailesh ^a   Campbell, Norman R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LANGUAGE; MALE; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING MATERIALS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 78651093813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-24     Document Type: Article

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