Health literacy training for health professions students. Issue 7 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hadden, Kristie B.
• Is Part Of: Patient education and counseling. Volume 98:Issue 7(2015)
• Page Start: 918
• Page End: 920
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Patient education -- Periodicals; Health counseling -- Periodicals; Health education -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; Patient Education -- Periodicals; Éducation des patients -- Périodiques; Counseling -- Périodiques; Éducation sanitaire -- Périodiques; 615.5071
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.03.016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0738-3991

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">The plain language program trains health professional students.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Effectively trained students in readability assessments and plain language editing.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Assessed training effectiveness by comparing readability scores and exit interviews.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Health documents should be written in plain language to improve comprehension.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">Improving document reading level can reduce health literacy demands on patients.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>