Consensus on the legibility criteria of health education leaflets;Consenso sobre los criterios de legibilidad de los folletos de educación para la salud

Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-165

  Barrio, I M ^a   Simon Lorda P ^b   Melguizo, M ^c   Molina, A ^d  

^a Hospital de Baza   (Spain)

^b ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^c Centro de Salud Amanjáyar   (Spain)

^d Fundación para Investigación Biosanitaria Alejandro Otero   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delphi method; Health education; Readability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION MATERIAL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EXPERT; NOMENCLATURE;

EID: 84855982911     PISSN: 11376627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/s1137-66272011000200003     Document Type: Article

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