Health literacy: Ways to maximise the impact and effectiveness of vaccination information

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2130-2135

  Rowlands, Gillian ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health information; Health literacy; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; VACCINATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

VACCINE;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84908430395     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.29603     Document Type: Review

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