Modern Measurement Approaches to Health Literacy Scale Development and Refinement: Overview, Current Uses, and Next Steps

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-115

  Nguyen, Tam H ^a   Paasche Orlow, Michael K ^b   Kim, Miyong T ^c   Han, Hae Ra ^d   Chan, Kitty S ^e  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS;

EID: 84945898242     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1073408     Document Type: Article

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