All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale (AAHLS): Developing a tool to measure functional, communicative and critical health literacy in primary healthcare settings

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-253

  Chinn, Deborah ^a   McCarthy, Catherine ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Tower Hamlets Community Health Services ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Measurement; Patient healthcare practitioner communication; Primary healthcare; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTH LITERACY SCALE; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872392201     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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