Storytelling as a communication tool for health consumers: Development of an intervention for parents of children with croup. Stories to communicate health information

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hartling, Lisa ^a   Scott, Shannon ^b   Pandya, Rena ^c   Johnson, David ^d   Bishop, Ted ^b   Klassen, Terry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NARRATIVE; PARENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STORYTELLING; WRITING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; TEACHING;

CHILD; CROUP; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PAMPHLETS; PARENTS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 77956471410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-64     Document Type: Article

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