Using the Teach-Back Method to Increase Maternal Immunization Literacy Among Low-Income Pregnant Women in Jamaica: A Pilot Study

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 451-459

  Wilson, Feleta L ^a   Mayeta Peart, Adelaida ^b   Parada Webster, Lourdes ^b   Nordstrom, Cheryl ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Immunization; Jamaica; Maternal health literacy; Teach back method

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING;

ADULT; BCG VACCINE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MATERNAL WELFARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANT WOMEN; RISK FACTORS; TEACHING;

EID: 84865430051     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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