Improving Readability of an Evaluation Tool for Low-income Clients Using Visual Information Processing Theories

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-186

  Townsend, Marilyn S ^a   Sylva, Kathryn ^a   Martin, Anna ^b   Metz, Diane ^b   Wooten Swanson, Patti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

EFNEP; FSNE; low income; low literacy; program evaluation; readability; visual information processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POVERTY; READING; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHOTOGRAPHY; POVERTY; READING; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 42949138062     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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