Development and validation of the comprehensive health activities scale: A new approach to health literacy measurement

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-164

  Curtis, Laura M ^a   Revelle, William ^a   Waite, Katherine ^a   Wilson, Elizabeth A H ^a   Condon, David M ^a   Bojarski, Elizabeth ^a   Park, Denise C ^b   Baker, David W ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHICAGO; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84924910972     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2014.917744     Document Type: Article

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