Applying cognitive response testing in message development and pre-testing

Health Education Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 467-476

  Lapka, C ^a   Jupka, K ^a   Wray, R J ^a   Jacobsen, H ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESPONSE TESTING; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOTERRORISM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44649137439     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cym089     Document Type: Article

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