Measuring Maternal Health Literacy in Pregnant Women Referred to the Healthcare Centers of Mashhad, Iran, in 2015.
Background & aim: Maternal health literacy is defined as the cognitive and social skills determining the ability to get access to, understand, and use information to promote mothers' health and that of their children. This study aimed to investigate maternal health literacy in pregnant women referre...
| Published in: | Journal of Midwifery & Reproductive Health Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 1157 - 1163 |
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Mashhad University of Medical Science
Jan2018
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