An evaluation of pediatric dental patient education materials using contemporary health literacy measures

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 409-413

  Kang, Edith ^a   Fields, Henry W ^a   Cornett, Sandy ^b   Michael Beck, F ^a  

^a Radiology and Medicine   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Education; Health Literacy; Literacy; Readability; Reading Ability; Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAMPHLETS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33644753885     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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