Development and preliminary evaluation of a bowel cancer screening decision aid for adults with lower literacy

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 358-367

  Smith, Sian K ^a   Trevena, Lyndal ^a   Barratt, Alexandra ^b   Dixon, Ann ^a   Nutbeam, Don ^b   Simpson, Judy M ^b   McCaffery, Kirsten J ^a  

^a Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bowel cancer screening; Decision aid; Health literacy; Informed choice; Informed decision making; Literacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALUMNUS; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER; DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE CANCER; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITY; VISUAL AID; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349284689     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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