The association of health literacy with adherence in older adults, and its role in interventions: A systematic meta-review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Geboers, Bas ^a   Brainard, Julii S ^b   Loke, Yoon K ^b   Jansen, Carel J M ^c   Salter, Charlotte ^b   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^a   Dewinter, Andrea F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 84941630253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2251-y     Document Type: Review

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