The Health Literacy Management Scale (HeLMS): A measure of an individual’s capacity to seek, understand and use health information within the healthcare setting

Objective: Health literacy refers to an individual's ability to seek, understand, and use health information. This paper describes the development and psychometric testing of the Health Literacy Management Scale (HeLMS). Methods: Content areas were identified from a conceptual framework derived...

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Main Authors: Jordan, Joanne, Buchbinder, Rachelle, Briggs, Andrew, Elsworth, Gerald, Busija, Lucy, Batterham, Roy, Osborne, Richard
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ireland Ltd 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18446