title: Patient-driven education materials: low-literate adults increase understanding of health messages and improve compliance.
abstract: Providing educational materials for low-literate patients is an enormous challenge for nursing professionals given that 90 million adults in the health care setting have limited literacy skills. Through the use of a 5-step process, patient educational materials can be created to increase patient understanding of health messages and improve patient compliance.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Department, University of California at Davis, 1 Meyer Hall, Davis, CA 95616-8996, USA. mstownsend@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Marilyn S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Townsend
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D004522:Educational Status; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014481:United States