Improving readability of patient education materials.
Improving readability of patient education materials.
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DOI：
10.1207/s15327655jchn1701_02
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发表时间：
2000-01-01
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通讯作者：
Juliusson, S
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作者：
Horner, S D;Surratt, D;Juliusson, S
功能性文盲会对必须理解并遵守复杂的医疗保健说明的患者造成长期的负面健康后果，因此对于社区卫生护士来说至关重要。当英语是患者的第二语言时，这个问题就变得更加复杂。提出了通过改编或创建新材料来改进患者教育材料 (PEM) 的过程，以满足不同群体的健康需求。该过程被应用于一项流行的健康教育计划，该计划针对学龄儿童及其父母，教他们如何在家管理哮喘。据了解，目标家长的阅读水平只有五年级，而英语是他们中许多人的第二语言。因此，需要对现有 PEM 进行广泛修订。成功修订的步骤包括评估可读性和可理解性、编辑材料以及评估新的 PEM 以确定修订措施的有效性。
Functional illiteracy contributes to negative long-term health consequences for patients who must understand and adhere to complex health care instructions and, therefore, is of primary importance to community health nurses. This problem is compounded when English is the patient's second language. A process for improving patient education materials (PEMs) through adaptation or creation of new materials to meet the health needs of diverse groups is presented. The process was applied to a popular health education program used with school-age children and their parents to teach them home management of asthma. Target parents were known to read at a 5th-grade level, and English was a second language for many of them. Therefore, extensive revision of the existing PEMs was required. The steps to successful revision included assessing readability and comprehensibility, editing the materials, and evaluating the new PEMs to determine the effectiveness of the revision measures.