Most adults in the United States obtain health information online. It is crucial that online patient education materials (PEMs) are easily interpreted order to successfully impact patients’ behaviors. This especially important for sunscreen PEMs, as proper use associated with decreased risks of melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancers, and photoaging. American Medical Association recommends PEMs be ...

background and purpose: patient education is one important competency expected from health care professionals . the aim of this study , was to evaluat quality of written materials provide for education of patients with chronic diseases in form of pamphlets made by nursing students . methods: this study used a non experimental, descriptive design .in this research , first copy of 120 pamphlets m...

Linking electronic health records (EHRs) to relevant education materials can provide patient-centered tailored education which can potentially improve patients’ medical knowledge, self-management and clinical outcome. It is shown that EHR query generation using key concept identification improves retrieval of education materials. In this study, we explored domain adaptation approaches to improv...

Objective Previous studies have shown that patient education materials published by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation may be too difficult for the average reader to understand. The purpose of this study was to determine if current educational materials show improvements in readability. Study Design Cross-sectional analysis. Setting The Patient Health Inform...

PURPOSE We developed and tested a multi-modal intervention, delivered in the home health care setting, aimed at increasing osteoporosis treatment rates to prevent fractures. MATERIAL AND METHODS The intervention focused on home health nurses. Key components included: nursing education; development of a nursing care plan; patient teaching materials and creation of physician materials. Nursing ...

abstract background: while nursing workload is a worldwide challenge, less attention has been given to the determining factors. understanding these factors is important and could help nursing managers to provide suitable working environment and to manage the adverse outcomes of nursing workload. the aim of this study was to discover nurses’ experiences of determinant factors of their workload. ...

UNLABELLED Distance education has emerged to minimize the anxiety of many professionals who need to update their knowledge, but do not have the time and opportunity to travel to educational centers. OBJECTIVES To describe the development of a CD-ROM to provide distance continuing education to basic school teachers that addresses issues related to written language. MATERIAL AND METHODS Previ...