Literacy assessment of family health history tools for public health prevention

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 222-237

  Wang, C ^a   Gallo, R E ^b   Fleisher, L ^b   Miller, S M ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Document complexity; Family health history; Genetic literacy; Health literacy; Readability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSULTATION; FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIMEDIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; READING;

FAMILY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79960139759     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000273689     Document Type: Article

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