Development of the health literacy assessment scale for adolescents (HAS-A)

Journal of Communication in Healthcare

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 172-184

  Manganello, Jennifer A ^a   Devellis, Robert F ^b   Davis, Terry C ^c,d   Schottler Thal, Carrin ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^e ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attitudes; Communication; Health knowledge; Health literacy; Practice; Psychometrics; Validation studies; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961673948     PISSN: 17538068     EISSN: 17538076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1753807615Y.0000000016     Document Type: Article

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