An overview of self-administered health literacy instruments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  O'Neill, Braden ^a   Gonçalves, Daniela ^a   Ricci Cabello, Ignacio ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^a   Valderas, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHINA; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACE VALIDITY; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH LITERACY INSTRUMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; SCHOOL;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918530365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109110     Document Type: Article

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