P S Houts

Summary

Affiliation: Pennsylvania State University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Using pictographs to enhance recall of spoken medical instructions
    P S Houts
    Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 35:83-8. 1998
  2. ncbi Using pictographs to enhance recall of spoken medical instructions II
    P S Houts
    Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 43:231-42. 2001
  3. ncbi The role of pictures in improving health communication: a review of research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence
    Peter S Houts
    Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 61:173-90. 2006
  4. ncbi Use of pictures to facilitate nutrition education for low-income African American women
    Peter S Houts
    Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    J Nutr Educ Behav 38:317-8. 2006
  5. ncbi Evaluation of a nutrition education intervention for women residents of Washington, DC, public housing communities
    Sharada Shankar
    Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 610 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Health Educ Res 22:425-37. 2007
  6. ncbi The relationship of body size to participation and success in a fruits and vegetables intervention among low-income women
    Ann C Klassen
    Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Community Health 33:78-89. 2008
  7. ncbi Viatical settlements: effects on terminally ill patients
    Sonia Badreshia
    Penn State, College of Medicine, The Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
    Cancer Pract 10:293-6. 2002

Collaborators

  • Ann Carroll Klassen
  • Lei Zhang
  • Sharada Shankar
  • Sonia Badreshia
  • Ting Wang
  • Elizabeth Garrett Mayer
  • Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer
  • Richard Cain
  • Marlene McCarthy
  • Vivek Bansal
  • Noel Ballentine

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Using pictographs to enhance recall of spoken medical instructions
    P S Houts
    Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 35:83-8. 1998
    ..By viewing illiteracy as a memory problem, the large body of research on learning and memory can be utilized in designing education materials for this group...
  2. ncbi Using pictographs to enhance recall of spoken medical instructions II
    P S Houts
    Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 43:231-42. 2001
    ..The impact of pictographs on symptom management and patient quality of life remains to be studied...
  3. ncbi The role of pictures in improving health communication: a review of research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence
    Peter S Houts
    Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 61:173-90. 2006
    ..To assess the effects of pictures on health communications...
  4. ncbi Use of pictures to facilitate nutrition education for low-income African American women
    Peter S Houts
    Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    J Nutr Educ Behav 38:317-8. 2006
  5. ncbi Evaluation of a nutrition education intervention for women residents of Washington, DC, public housing communities
    Sharada Shankar
    Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 610 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Health Educ Res 22:425-37. 2007
    ..2 and 324.5 fewer calories and 3.08 and 2.97% fewer calories from fat. Results suggest that, for some residents of low-resource communities, small group interventions are popular, effective vehicles for nutrition education...
  6. ncbi The relationship of body size to participation and success in a fruits and vegetables intervention among low-income women
    Ann C Klassen
    Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Community Health 33:78-89. 2008
    ..Given the prevalence of obesity in low resource communities, nutritional interventions should tailor strategies to participant body size and related psychosocial needs...
  7. ncbi Viatical settlements: effects on terminally ill patients
    Sonia Badreshia
    Penn State, College of Medicine, The Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
    Cancer Pract 10:293-6. 2002
    ..However, lack of knowledge about viatical settlements may limit the availability of this resource for terminally ill patients and their families...