Distribution of health literacy strengths and weaknesses across socio-demographic groups: A cross-sectional survey using the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Beauchamp, Alison ^a,b   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^b,c   Dodson, Sarity ^a   Batterham, Roy W ^a   Elsworth, Gerald R ^a   McPhee, Crystal ^a   Sparkes, Louise ^b   Hawkins, Melanie ^a   Osborne, Richard H ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Culturally and linguistically diverse; Health inequities; Health literacy; Health Literacy Questionnaire; HLQ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937562557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2056-z     Document Type: Review

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