Development and validation of a measure of health literacy in the UK: The newest vital sign

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rowlands, Gill ^a   Khazaezadeh, Nina ^b   Oteng Ntim, Eugene ^b   Seed, Paul ^c   Barr, Suzanne ^c   Weiss, Barry D ^d  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Literacy; Measure; Nutrition label

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; VITAL SIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAL SIGNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873328689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-116     Document Type: Article

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