Leaflet Preparation and Validation Procedures

Health education can be effective with audiovisual aids. However, oral communications often fail because they are misunderstood and/or forgotten. Therefore, information leaflets could be considered as a way of supplementing health education. Number of guidelines for producing written information have been produced over the last few years; these include advise on planning, writing and design but also emphasize the importance of obtaining evidence-based information, and involving both medical personnel, patient groups and members of public. The evaluation of information leaflet, however an essential part of this process is and is often neglected or inadequate. The aim of this review is to describe the steps involved in the production and evaluation of information leaflet. The present review has been attempted to describe methods, which can be employed to prepare and evaluate written patient information leaflet.