title: Preparing readable patient education handouts.
abstract: Printed health educational materials, such as patient information handouts, booklets, pamphlets, and information sheets are among the most common and extensively used teaching tools (Rankin & Stallings, 1996). In this article, the author reports (1) the readability of patient information handouts developed by the nursing division and (2) the effect on the patient-teaching task force members of instruction on the readability of patient information handouts at a 79-bed community hospital in Southern Ontario.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Services, Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Maynard
mesh_terms: D004522:Educational Status; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D010174:Pamphlets; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D013664:Teaching Materials / Q000592:standards; D014956:Writing