Correlating reading comprehension and health numeracy among adults with low literacy

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-134

  Golbeck, Amanda ^a   Paschal, Angelia ^b   Jones, Amy ^c   Hsiao, Tracy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Technical College System of Georgia   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Health numeracy; Low literacy; TOFHLA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH NUMERACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; READING COMPREHENSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TEST OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY FOR ADULTS;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING;

EID: 79958705316     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.05.030     Document Type: Article

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