Media Health Literacy (MHL): development and measurement of the concept among adolescents.
Increasing media use among adolescents and its significant influence on health behavior warrants in-depth understanding of their response to media content. This study developed the concept and tested a model of Media Health Literacy (MHL), examined its association with personal/socio-demographic det...
| Published in: | Health Education Research Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 323 - 336 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2011
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