Printed educational materials: Effects on professional practice and health care outcomes

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Farmer, Anna P ^a   Légaré, France ^b   Turcot, Lucile ^b   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^c   Harvey, Emma ^d   McGowan, Jessie L ^c   Wolf, Fredric ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d SaltaSustainable   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHECKLIST; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTRONICS; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATERIALS; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRINTED EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 55049135898     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004398.pub2     Document Type: Review

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