Relationships between health literacy and genomics-related knowledge, self-efficacy, perceived importance, and communication in a medically underserved population

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-68

  Kaphingst, Kimberly A ^a,b   Blanchard, Melvin ^c   Milam, Laurel ^c   Pokharel, Manusheela ^b   Elrick, Ashley ^b   Goodman, Melody S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84962662367     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2016.1144661     Document Type: Article

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