Evaluating health literacy in people with mental illness using the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 316-321

  Galletly, Cherrie ^a,b,c   Neaves, Aaron ^a   Burton, Cassandra ^d   Liu, Dennis ^a,c   Denson, Linley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Ramsay Health Care   (Australia)

^c Northern Sector   (Australia)

^d Ramsay Health Care (SA) Mental Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Depression; Health behavior; Health education; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867044674     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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