Functional health literacy in Switzerland-Validation of a German, Italian, and French health literacy test

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-17

  Connor, Melanie ^a   Mantwill, Sarah ^a   Schulz, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

French; Functional health literacy; German; Italian; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TEST OF FUNCTIONAL LITERACY; SWITZERLAND; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870841448     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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