A mismatch between population health literacy and the complexity of health information: An observational study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 635, 2015, Pages e379-e386

  Rowlands, Gillian ^a,b   Protheroe, Joanne ^c   Winkley, John ^d   Richardson, Marty ^e   Seed, Paul T ^f   Rudd, Rima ^g  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information; Health literacy; Numeracy; Primary care; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84930520359     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp15X685285     Document Type: Article

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