Optimal health literacy measurement for the clinical setting: A systematic review

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1295-1307

  Duell, Paul ^a   Wright, David ^a   Renzaho, Andre M N ^b   Bhattacharya, Debi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health literacy

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMPREHENSION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; NEWEST VITAL SIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY IN ADULTS; WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST; FACTUAL DATABASE; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84943817002     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.04.003     Document Type: Review

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