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Publication details [#49798]

Hoffman-Goetz, Laurie, Lorie Donelle and Jose F. Arocha. 2007. Assessing Health Numeracy Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Health Communication 12 (7) : 651–667.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | assessment | health | literacy

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study presents an initial evaluation of health numeracy competence among a group of independently functioning aged Canadians, as measured by three existing numeracy scales. This may add to help individuals enhancing their health literacy proficiency.