The Cancer Message Literacy Tests: Psychometric analyses and validity studies

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-75

  Mazor, Kathleen M ^a   Rogers, H Jane ^b   Williams, Andrew E ^c   Roblin, Douglas W ^c   Gaglio, Bridget ^d   Field, Terry S ^a   Greene, Sarah M ^e   Han, Paul K J ^f   Costanza, Mary E ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d Mid Atlantic Permanente Research Institute   (United States)

^e GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Health literacy; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MESSAGE LITERACY TEST LISTENING; CANCER MESSAGE LITERACY TEST READING; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LIPKUS NUMERACY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; REALM SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866595778     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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