Health literacy and health actions: a review and a framework from health psychology.

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Published in Health Educ Behav on August 26, 2008

Authors

Christian von Wagner1, Andrew Steptoe, Michael S Wolf, Jane Wardle

Author Affiliations

1: University College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Behaviour Research Centre, Gower Street, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. c.wagner@ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Health Literacy Intervention for African Americans With Diabetes | NCT03925948

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