Health literacy demands of written health information materials: An assessment of cervical cancer prevention materials

Cancer Control

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-78

  Helitzer, Deborah ^a,b   Hollis, Christine ^a   Cotner, Jane ^b   Oestreicher, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION MATERIAL; COMPREHENSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEARNING; MATERIALS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; READING; VALIDATION PROCESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; TEACHING; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TEACHING MATERIALS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 61449339836     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327480901600111     Document Type: Article

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