The effectiveness of health animations in audiences with different health literacy levels: An experimental study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e11-

  Meppelink, Corine S ^a   Van Weert, Julia C M ^a   Haven, Carola J ^b   Smit, Edith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animation; Attitudes; Audiovisual media; Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Health literacy; Medical illustration; Memory; Prevention; Reading

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUDIOVISUAL AID; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; RECALL;

AGED; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84922287277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3979     Document Type: Article

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