Patient activation and health literacy as predictors of health information use in a general sample of Dutch health care consumers

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 955-969

  Nijman, Jessica ^a   Hendriks, Michelle ^a   Brabers, Anne ^a   De Jong, Judith ^a   Rademakers, Jany ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905913595     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.837561     Document Type: Article

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