Readability levels of health pamphlets distributed during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-192

  Kondilis, Barbara ^a,b   Soteriades, Elpidoforos S ^a,c   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,d  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Health pamphlets; Olympic Games; Readability

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; LITERACY; OLYMPIC GAMES;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GAME; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MOTIVATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; READING; SAFETY; SWIMMING POOL; TRAVEL;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; COMPREHENSION; GREECE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PAMPHLETS; SPORTS;

EID: 33846874792     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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