Printed health information materials: Evaluation of readability and suitability

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-90

  Shieh, Carol ^a,c   Hosei, Barbara ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAMPHLETS; PRENATAL CARE; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 45949103319     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370010802017083     Document Type: Article

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