Health literacy, health empowerment and health information search in the field of MMR vaccination: A cross-sectional study protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Diviani, Nicola ^a   Camerini, Anne Linda ^a   Reinholz, Danuta ^b   Galfetti, Alessandra ^b   Schulz, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b Ufficio del Medico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEASLES; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUMPS; PARENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUBELLA; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

EID: 84873153058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002162     Document Type: Article

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