The grounded psychometric development and initial validation of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)

Richard H Osborne; Roy W Batterham; Gerald R Elsworth; Melanie Hawkins; Rachelle Buchbinder

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The grounded psychometric development and initial validation of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)

Richard H Osborne Roy W Batterham Gerald R Elsworth Melanie Hawkins Rachelle Buchbinder

BMC Public Health Vol. 13 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Richard H Osborne, Roy W Batterham, Gerald R Elsworth, et al. (2013). The grounded psychometric development and initial validation of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ). BMC Public Health, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-658

The grounded psychometric development and initial validation of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)

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