Health literacy among young adults: A short survey tool for public health and health promotion research

Health Promotion International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 725-735

  Abel, Thomas ^a   Hofmann, Karen ^a   Ackermann, Sabine ^a   Bucher, Sabine ^a   Sakarya, Sibel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940651400     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dat096     Document Type: Article

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