Health literacy and community empowerment: It is more than just reading, writing and counting

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1056-1068

  Estacio, Emee Vida ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community psychology; health literacy; indigenous communities; participation; social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES; PARTICIPATION; PHILIPPINES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH LITERACY; INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES; PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; PHILIPPINES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84880895325     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312470126     Document Type: Article

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