Use of a low-literacy patient education tool to enhance pneumococcal vaccination rates: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 646-650

  Jacobson, Terry A ^a,b   Thomas, Donna M ^a,d   Morton, Felicia James ^b   Offutt, Gardiner ^c,d   Shevlin, Jennifer ^c,d   Ray, Susan ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Georgia Emerging Infections Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033581215     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.7.646     Document Type: Article

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