Parent comprehension of polio vaccine information pamphlets

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 6 I, 1996, Pages 804-810

  Davis, Terry C ^a   Bocchini Jr , Joseph A ^a   Fredrickson, Doren ^b   Arnold, Connie ^a   Mayeaux, E J ^a   Murphy, Peggy W ^a   Jackson, Robert H ^a   Hanna, Nora ^a,c   Paterson, Martha ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adult literacy; informed consent; patient comprehension; patient education materials; polio vaccine information pamphlet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PARENTS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING MATERIALS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029927286     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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