Critical appraisal of health literacy indices revealed variable underlying constructs, narrow content and psychometric weaknesses

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 366-379

  Jordan, Joanne E ^a   Osborne, Richard H ^a,b   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessments; Health literacy; Psychometrics; Reliability; Tools; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DEMOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH LITERACY; EHEALTH LITERACY SCALE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY IN ADULTS; HEALTH ACTIVITIES LITERACY SCALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF ADULT LITERACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE; READING; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH LITERACY FOR SPANISH SPEAKING ADULTS; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 79951942391     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.04.005     Document Type: Review

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