Development of injury prevention materials for people with low literacy skills

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 119-127

  Trifiletti, Lara B ^a   Shields, Wendy C ^b   McDonald, Eileen M ^b   Walker, Allen R ^c   Gielen, Andrea C ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cloze; Emergency Department; FK; Injury prevention; Literacy; Materials development; Pediatric; SAM; Urban

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPREHENSION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS; TEACHING MATERIALS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33751090710     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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