Effects of health literacy to self-efficacy and preventive care utilization among older adults

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-76

  Chen, Ji Zhen ^a,b   Hsu, Hui Chuan ^b   Tung, Ho Jui ^b   Pan, Ling Yen ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Older adults; Preventive care; Self efficacy; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; TAIWAN;

EID: 84871960313     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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