Parent health literacy and satisfaction with plain language education materials in a pediatric surgery outpatient clinic: A pilot study

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 964-969

  Otal, Damanjot ^a   Wizowski, Lindsay ^c   Pemberton, Julia ^a   Nagel, Kim ^a,b,c   Fitzgerald, Peter ^a,b   Walton, J Mark ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Parents; Pediatric clinic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENTING EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 84861181569     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.01.057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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