Comparative analysis of print and multimedia health materials: A review of the literature

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-14

  Wilson, Elizabeth A H ^a   Makoul, Gregory ^b   Bojarski, Elizabeth A ^a   Bailey, Stacy Cooper ^a   Waite, Katherine R ^a   Rapp, David N ^c   Baker, David W ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Innovation and Learning Center   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Health materials; Literature review; Multimedia; Print

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; MATERIALS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIMEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRINT HEALTH MATERIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; READING; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUBLICATIONS;

EID: 84866629002     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.06.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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