Applicability of a health literacy test from the U.S. in a South African population

This thesis investigates the suitability and applicability of a health literacy test from the U.S. in a black, Xhosa-speaking, South African population. The concept of literacy is a controversial one which has been much debated, as it is not easy to classifY people as simply either literate or illit...

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Main Author: Lecoko, Motlalepule Lebogang Elizabeth
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 2001
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005931