title: Health care consumer education: alternative teaching methods.
abstract: Anything that can be handled, manipulated, or related to previous life experiences leaves a lasting impression with the health care consumer and therefore is remembered longer. The nurse also must consider the literacy level, ethnic background, and indigenous language of the consumer when choosing the educational technique. Everyone responds quickly to scenarios to which they can relate, in which their personal perception is explored, and in which the language and logic of the educational experience make sense and are consistent with the consumer's lifestyle.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Faculty, University of Mississippi School of Nursing, Jackson 39216-4505, USA.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Hollis
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Canterbury
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*