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Infant hearing screening: stakeholder recommendations for parent-centered communicationConnie L Arnold
Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
Pediatrics 117:S341-54. 2006..The purpose of this study was to identify what stakeholders considered best practices for parent-provider communication regarding newborn hearing screening and diagnosis. We used consensus data to develop educational materials for parents...
Literacy barriers to colorectal cancer screening in community clinicsConnie L Arnold
Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
J Health Commun 17:252-64. 2012..79); however, multivariate analyses revealed significant differences in FOBT completion by literacy (p = .036). Overall, findings suggest that literacy is a factor in patients' CRC knowledge, beliefs, and confidence in obtaining a FOBT...
Smoking status, reading level, and knowledge of tobacco effects among low-income pregnant womenC L Arnold
Department of General Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport 71130 3932, USA
Prev Med 32:313-20. 2001..The purpose of this study was to assess reading level, tobacco knowledge, attitudes, and practices of tobacco use among pregnant adult and adolescent women in the public health system in north Louisiana...
Assessment of newborn screening parent education materialsConnie L Arnold
Department of Internal Medicine, Feist Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, USA
Pediatrics 117:S320-5. 2006..The purpose of this study was to measure the readability and user-friendliness (clarity, complexity, organization, appearance, and cultural appropriateness of materials) of parent education brochures on newborn screening...
Recommendations for effective newborn screening communication: results of focus groups with parents, providers, and expertsTerry C Davis
Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
Pediatrics 117:S326-40. 2006....
Vaccine risk/benefit communication: effect of an educational package for public health nursesTerry C Davis
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Department of Pediatrics, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
Health Educ Behav 33:787-801. 2006..39%,p < .01) and were more satisfied with vaccine-risk communication (8.1 vs. 8.9 on a 10-point scale, p < .01). Average vaccine communication time increased from 16 to 22 seconds (p < .01)...
Provider and patient intervention to improve weight loss: a pilot study in a public hospital clinicTerry C Davis
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Shreveport, LA 71130, United States
Patient Educ Couns 72:56-62. 2008..To assess the efficacy of a literacy-appropriate weight loss intervention targeting providers and patients in improving physicians' weight loss counseling and patients' self-reported beliefs, and self-efficacy...
FOBT completion in FQHCs: impact of physician recommendation, FOBT information, or receipt of the FOBT kitTerry C Davis
Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, USA
J Rural Health 28:306-11. 2012....
Differences in barriers to mammography between rural and urban womenTerry C Davis
Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 21:748-55. 2012..Few studies have examined differences between rural and urban women in mammography barriers, knowledge, and experiences. Exploring differences can help inform tailored interventions...
Childhood vaccine risk/benefit communication in private practice office settings: a national surveyT C Davis
Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, USA
Pediatrics 107:E17. 2001..Communication about childhood vaccine risks and benefits has been legally required in pediatric health care for over a decade. However, little is known about the actual practice of vaccine risk/benefit communication...
Improving vaccine risk/benefit communication with an immunization education package: a pilot studyTerry C Davis
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Department of Pediatrics, 71130, USA
Ambul Pediatr 2:193-200. 2002..Parents, however, indicated they want their primary providers to personally tell them about risks/benefits...
Preprinted order sets as a safety intervention in pediatric sedationMarlene Broussard
Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
J Pediatr 154:865-8. 2009..Implement preprinted packets for pediatric procedural sedations to increase documentation compliance and decrease medication ordering errors...
Development and validation of the Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine (REALM-Teen): a tool to screen adolescents for below-grade reading in health care settingsTerry C Davis
Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
Pediatrics 118:e1707-14. 2006..CONCLUSION: The REALM-Teen is a brief, reliable instrument for assessing adolescent literacy skills and reading below grade level...
Facilitating behavior change with low-literacy patient education materialsHilary K Seligman
Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:S69-78. 2007..To describe a process for developing low-literacy health education materials that increase knowledge and activate patients toward healthier behaviors...
