Understanding communication of health information
A lesson in health literacy for junior medical and physiotherapy students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4861273 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fatima Doyle (0000-0002-3785-7433, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), Frank Doyle, Sally Doherty (0000-0003-4822-0638, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), Kàren Morgan (0000-0001-6193-1747, PU-RCSI School of Medicine, Malaysia), Orla Mcbride (0000-0003-3399-9466, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), Anne Hickey (0000-0003-0008-3195, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 497-506 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1359105312446771 |
| PMID | 22689589 |
| OpenAlex | W1970411200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
Best practice communication between healthcare professionals and patients involves using quality patient information leaflets (PILs). We assessed medical and physiotherapy students' ( N = 337) ability to appraise the readability, psychology theory content and quality of nine international smoking PILs. Flesch scores ranged from 52.8-79.7% (fairly difficult to fairly easy). Students identified components of the Health Belief Model (84-98%), Theory of Planned Behaviour (65-88%) and Transtheoretical Model (37-86%). Importantly, student-proposed additional theory-based content had no detrimental effect on readability scores. Overall quality scores indicated low-moderate quality. This assignment helped students critically evaluate the utility of PILs for communication
Health care · Health communication · Health literacy · Intervention (counseling · Medical education · Physical therapy · Quality (philosophy · Readability · Theory of planned behavior · Transtheoretical model · Computer Science · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Medicine · Nursing · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology
A new readability yardstick.
Social cognition models and health behaviour
Derivation of New Readability Formulas (Automated Readability Index, Fog Count and Flesch Reading Ease Formula) for Navy Enlisted Personnel
The meaning and the measure of health literacy
A framework for the evaluation of patient information leaflets
Development of Review Criteria to Evaluate Health Behavior Change Websites
Discern
Intervention Mapping
Development and Psychometric Properties of the Transformational Teaching Questionnaire
On Judging Models and Theories
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |