Health literacy and cancer prevention: Two new instruments to assess comprehension

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-60

  Mazor, Kathleen M ^a   Roblin, Douglas W ^b   Williams, Andrew E ^b   Greene, Sarah M ^c   Gaglio, Bridget ^b   Field, Terry S ^a   Costanza, Mary E ^d   Han, Paul K J ^e   Saccoccio, Laura ^a   Calvi, Josephine ^b   Cove, Erica ^a   Cowan, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Health literacy; Instrument development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION LITERACY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SPOKEN HEALTH MESSAGES; UNITED STATES; WRITTEN HEALTH MESSAGES;

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HAWAII; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84861937070     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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