Evaluation of literacy level of patient education pages in health-related journals

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-219

  Cotugna, Nancy ^a   Vickery, Connie E ^a   Carpenter Haefele, Kara M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b University of Delaware ^*

Author keywords

Health information; Literacy; Patient education; Readability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; READING;

EID: 14944359899     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-004-1959-x     Document Type: Article

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