Senior CHAT: A model for health literacy instruction

New Library World

Volumn 113, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 249-261

  Strong, Mary Lou ^a   Guillot, Ladonna ^a   Badeau, Jean ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Community outreach; Computer instruction; Computer studies; Elderly people; Health literacy; Senior citizens; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860851133     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074801211226337     Document Type: Article

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