Print material content and design: Is it relevant to effectiveness?

Health Education Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-190

  Paul, C L ^a   Redman, S ^b   Sanson Fisher, R W ^c  

^a CERP   (Australia)

^b National Breast Cancer Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TELEPHONE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; TEACHING MATERIALS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0037393722     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/18.2.181     Document Type: Article

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