Evaluation of Printed Health Education Materials for Use by Low‐Education Families

ConclusionsImproving outcomes and reducing health disparities are increasingly important, and patients must be partners in their care for this to occur. One step to increasing patient understanding of written instructions is improving the quality of the materials in the instruction for all patients and their families, especially those with limited literacy skills.
Clinical RelevanceUsing materials that are written in a manner that facilitates the uptake and use of patient education content has great potential to improve the ability of patients and families to be partners in care and to improve outcomes, especially for those patients and families with limited general literacy or health literacy skills.

Source: Journal of Nursing Scholarship - January 1, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Lesa Ryan, M. Cynthia Logsdon, Sarah McGill, Reetta Stikes, Barbara Senior, Bridget Helinger, Beth Small, Deborah Winders Davis Tags: PROFESSION AND SOCIETY Source Type: research