Development and validation of chinese health literacy scale for diabetes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 15-16, 2013, Pages 2090-2099

  Leung, Angela Ym ^a,b   Lou, Vivian Wq ^b   Cheung, Mike Kt ^a   Chan, Sophia Sc ^a   Chi, Iris ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Psychometric properties; Scale development; Type 2 diabetes; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880134609     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12018     Document Type: Article

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