Measuring Health Literacy Regarding Infectious Respiratory Diseases: A New Skills-Based Instrument

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Xinying ^a   Chen, Juan ^a   Shi, Yuhui ^a   Zeng, Qingqi ^a   Wei, Nanfang ^b   Xie, Ruiqian ^b   Chang, Chun ^a   Du, Weijing ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b Chinese Center for Health Education   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; THERMOMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; ROC CURVE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878401407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064153     Document Type: Article

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