Abilities, skills and knowledge in measures of health literacy

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-217

  Ownby, Raymond L ^a   Acevedo, Amarilis ^b   Waldrop Valverde, Drenna ^c   Jacobs, Robin J ^a   Caballero, Joshua ^b  

^a Nova Southeastern University   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Crystallized abilities; Fluid abilities; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKILL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; READING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897113634     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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