title: Tailored Educational Approaches for Consumer Health (TEACH): a model system for addressing health communication.
abstract: The Consumer Health Education Institute (CHEDI) has developed a model system to improve the quality and effectiveness of patient education and health communication. Through assessment of characteristics and preferences, segmentation into groups and matching with the appropriate materials, we have demonstrated that patients and health consumers have different health information needs and preferences which show promise as a basis for selecting or designing the most appropriate materials or programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia Health System, University of Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Wendy F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pannone
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schubart
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lyman
authors.forename: Mable
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinzie
authors.forename: Donna K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Broshek
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Guterbock
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mick
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bolmey
authors.forename: Arthur T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Garson
mesh_terms: D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods