Health literacy and cancer screening: A systematic review

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-157

  Oldach, Benjamin R ^a   Katz, Mira L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer screening; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDATION STUDY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84892783160     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.10.001     Document Type: Review

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