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Using learner verification and transcreation to develop multicultural patient education materials for acute respiratory tract infections to decrease inappropriate antibiotic prescribing [PDF]

PEC Innovation
Objective: Patient demand often drives inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI). This study aimed to develop novel culturally- and linguistically-tailored patient education material regarding appropriate ARTI ...
Rebecca K. Rudel, Emma Powers, Kirsten Austad, Shana A.B. Burrowes, Zaire Couloute, Anais E.C. Smith, Christine Prifti, J. Morgan Freiman, Robin Wigmore, Allan Walkey, Jacqueline M. Hicks, Tamar F. Barlam, Mari-Lynn Drainoni   +12 more
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Health Literacy in Occupational Therapy Research: A Scoping Review

Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2021
Background: Low health literacy is a significant problem in the United States. Patient education is a key component of occupational therapy intervention.
Erin Attard, Andraya Musallam, Kirsten Vaas, Taylar Chaney, Jennifer Fortuna, Betsy Williams   +5 more
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Creating Written Patient Education Materials [PDF]

Chest, 2008
H ow would you, as a health-care provider, create relevant written educational materials for your patients? The following important issues need to be considered in the process of developing a pamphlet, leaflet, or handbook (audiovisual projects have additional considerations). Who needs to be involved (collaboration)?
Marie, Ivnik, Maureen Y, Jett
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Evaluation of the Readability of Online Turkish-Language Patient Education Materials on Congenital Hearing Loss

The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat, 2023
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the readability of online patient education resources on congenital hearing loss written in Turkish.Materials and Methods: We used Google Search to identify Patient Education Materials (PEM) for “congenital ...
Burak Erkmen, Ahmet Mahmut Tekin, Şamil Şahin, Yaşar Kemal Duymaz, Vedat Topsakal   +4 more
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Assessment of Modified Patient Education Materials for People with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2021
Background: Existing research on health literacy identifies a disconnect between the readability of patient education materials (PEMs) and the reading abilities of American adults.
Jennifer Fortuna, Anne Riddering, Linda Shuster, Cassie Lopez-Jeng   +3 more
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Assessing the Functional Accessibility, Actionability, and Quality of Patient Education Materials from Canadian Cancer Agencies

Current Oncology, 2023
Patient education materials (PEM)s were extracted from provincial cancer agencies to determine their organizational health literacy by evaluating the quality, actionability, and functional accessibility (e.g., readability and understandability) of their ...
Courtney van Ballegooie, Devon Heroux, Peter Hoang, Sarthak Garg   +3 more
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Implementing Patient-Directed Cancer Education Materials Across Nigeria

JCO Global Oncology, 2021
PURPOSEAs access to cancer care expands in low-income countries, developing tools to educate patients is paramount. We took a picture booklet, which was initially developed by the nonprofit Global Oncology for Malawi and Rwanda, and adapted it for use in
James C. Dickerson, Paulette Ibeka, Itoro Inoyo, Olufolarin O. Oke, Sunday A. Adewuyi, Donna Barry, Abubakar Bello, Olufunke Fasawe, Philip Garrity, Muhammad Habeebu, Franklin W. Huang, Vivienne Mulema, Kenneth C. Nwankwo, Danna Remen, Owens Wiwa, Ami S. Bhatt, Mohana Roy   +16 more
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Readability and Comprehension of Printed Patient Education Materials

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Health literacy, a recently determined construct plays an important role in how individuals are able to manage their health. A useful approach for the assessment of health literacy is to measure the comprehension of available patient ...
Pálma Szabó, Pálma Szabó, Éva Bíró, Karolina Kósa   +3 more
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Adult Patient Education: A Readability Analysis of Hospital University Campus Bio-Medico’s Patients Information Materials (PIMs)

Journal of Educational, Cultural and Psychological Studies, 2022
The UCBM’s nurses and doctors have produced patients information material under the form of brochures that we delivered to patients in order to help them better understand their pathology, therapeutic path and procedure to which they will have to undergo.
Claudio Pensieri, Sabrina Saccoccia, Anna De Benedictis, Rossana Alloni   +3 more
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Removable partial dentures: The clinical need for innovation [PDF]

, 2017
Statement of problem: The number of partially dentate adults is increasing, and many patients will require replacement of missing teeth. Although current treatment options also include fixed partial dentures and implants, removable partial dentures (RPDs)
Abt, Akaltan, Alla, Au, Becker, Benso, Bhola, Bilgin, Bohnenkamp, Brian Nattress, Cooper, Davenport, David W. Seymour, Davis, de Souza, DeVan, Douglass, Egusa, Ellakwa, Featherstone, Frank, Fueki, Fueki, Helen Craddock, Hosman, Kapur, Keltjens, Koyama, Lekha, Levin, Luthy, Lyndon Cooper, Maekawa, Mahmoud, McGarry, Mojon, Müller, Najeeb, Negrutiu, Ohkubo, O’Donnell, Preshaw, Ramsay, Savitha, Schwitalla, Schwitalla, Sicilia, Starr, Stephen D. Campbell, Sue H. Pavitt, T. Paul Hyde, Takabayashi, Thomas, Viswambaran, Vojdani, Wiesli, Zohdi, Zoidis   +57 more
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