Cognitive and Motivational Factors Support Health Literacy and Acquisition of New Health Information in Later Life.
California Agriculture, 2010, Oct, 64, 04
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Publisher Description
Author(s): Lisa M. Soederberg Miller, UC Davis Health literacy refers to the ability to obtain, process and understand the basic information and services needed to make appropriate decisions regarding one's health (Institute of Medicine 2004). The American Medical Association defines health literacy similarly, as 'the constellation of skills, including the ability to perform basic reading and numeracy tasks, required to function in the health-care environment.'
GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2010
October 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
20
Pages
PUBLISHER
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the University of California
SELLER
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
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281.4
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