The evaluation of pharmaceutical pictograms in a low-literate South African population

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-99

  Dowse, Ros ^a   Ehlers, Martina S ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Interpretation; Low literacy; Pictograms; Recall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VISUAL AID;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COLOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034782327     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(00)00197-X     Document Type: Article

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