Detecting limited health literacy in Brazil: Development of a multidimensional screening tool

Health Promotion International

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-14

  Apolinario, Daniel ^a   Mansur, Leticia Lessa ^a   Carthery Goulart, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi ^a   Nitrini, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

health literacy; questions; screening; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONS; SCREENING; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; YOUNG ADULT;

HEALTH LITERACY; QUESTIONS; SCREENING; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894284394     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dat074     Document Type: Article

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