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Limited Health Literacy in Portugal Assessed with the Newest Vital Sign

Author(s) -

Dagmara Paiva,

Susana Silva,

Mílton Severo,

Pedro Moura Ferreira,

Nuno Lunet,

Ana Azevedo

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

acta médica portuguesa

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1646-0758

pISSN - 0870-399X

DOI - 10.20344/amp.9135

Subject(s) - health literacy , cronbach's alpha , portuguese , population , medicine , literacy , gerontology , sample (material) , demography , psychology , family medicine , health care , environmental health , clinical psychology , psychometrics , political science , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , pedagogy , chemistry , chromatography , law

In Portugal, health literacy has started to be addressed through national policies, but research on the topic is still scarce. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of limited health literacy in Portugal using an existing health literacy instrument, the Newest Vital Sign.

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