title: Patient education materials from the layperson's perspective: the importance of readability.
abstract: Accessible patient-friendly materials are a useful and cost-effective way of increasing patients' knowledge and allaying their fears. This article describes how nursing leadership at a hospital in Connecticut created a patient education committee to review and help draft materials and developed a Web site to centralize these materials for staff and patients. A patient panel was implemented to test materials; results highlighted the need for planning and testing of materials on target audiences.
authors: Danbury Hospital, Connecticut 06810, USA. alyson.blanck@danhosp.org
authors: Alyson W
authors: AW
authors: Blanck
authors: Caroline
authors: C
authors: Marshall
mesh_terms: D032882:Comprehension; D003237:Connecticut; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011932:Reading