Use of a Low-Literacy Patient Education Tool to Enhance Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates

Key Points

Key points are not available for this paper at this time.

Abstract

A simple, low-literacy educational tool increased pneumococcal vaccination rates and patient-physician discussions about the vaccine in an elderly, low-literate, indigent, minority population.

Connected Papers

Building similarity graph...

Analyzing shared references across papers

Discussion

Authors

Terry A. Jacobson

Preventive Cardiology

Donna M. Thomas

American Medical Association

Felicia J. Morton

Emory University

Journals

JAMA

Actions

Institutions

Emory University

American Medical Association

Grady Memorial Hospital

References and Citations

Connected Papers

Building similarity graph...

Analyzing shared references across papers

Discussion

Cite this study

Jacobson et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9761b00ab073a27836a81 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.282.7.646

Also consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

Adult literacy in America : a first look at the results of the National Adult Literacy Survey· 1993 · 815 citations
Improving patient education for patients with low literacy skills.· 1996 · 244 citations
Patients’ participation in medical care· 1988 · 1,120 citations
Prevention of Pneumococcal Disease: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)· 1997 · 1,007 citations
Implementing preventive services. Success and failure in an outpatient trial· 1990 · 97 citations

Use of a Low-Literacy Patient Education Tool to Enhance Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates

Key Points

Abstract

Citation Network

Connected Papers

Discussion

Authors

Journals

Actions

Institutions

References and Citations

Citation Network

Connected Papers

Discussion

Cite this study

Also consider

Also consider