Employee Health Newsletters

Allensworth D.D. , & Luther C.R. (1986). Evaluating printed materials. Nurse Educator, 11, 18–22.

Boyd M.D. (1987). A guide to writing effective patient education materials. Nursing Management, 18, 54–57.

Boyd M.D. , & Feldman R.H. (1984). Health information seeking and reading and comprehension abilities of cardiac rehabilitation patients. Journal of Cardiac Rehabilitation, 4, 343–347.

Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. (1986). Metropolitan Chicago major employers. Chicago: Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry.

Doak L.G. , & Doak C.C. (1980). Patient comprehension profiles: Recent findings and strategies. Patient Counseling and Health Education, 2, 101–106.

Forouzesh M.R. , & Ratzker L.E. (1985). Health promotion and programs: An insight into the Fortune 500. Health Educator, 15(7), 18–22.

Gunning R. (1968). The technique of clear writing. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.

Hovland C.I. , & Weiss W. (1951). The influence of source credibility on communication effectiveness. Public Opinion Quarterly, 15, 635–650.

Katzman M.S. , & Smith K.J. (1989). Occupational health-promotion programs: Evaluation efforts and measured cost savings. Health Values, 13, 3–10.

Leventhal H. Safer M.A. , & Panagis D.M. (1983). The impact of communications on the self-regulation of health beliefs, decisions, and behavior. Health Education Quarterly, 10(1), 3–29.

Manning D.T. (1981). Communicating messages via print media. Occupational Health and Safety, 7, 31–34.

Meade C.D. (1988). Effect of document simplification on patients' comprehension. Doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Mohammed J.B. (1964). Patients' understanding of written health information. Nursing Research, 13, 100–108.

Pichert J. , & Elam P. (1985). Readability formulas may mislead you. Patient Education and Counseling, 7, 181–191.

Siegel K. Grodsky P.B. , & Herman A. (1986). AIDS risk-reduction guidelines: A review and analysis. Journal of Community Health, 11, 233–243.

Stone M.H. Trauner J.B. , & Luft H.S. (1985). Prudent purchase: Corporate efforts to educate consumers about health cost management. San Francisco: Institute for Health Policies Studies, University of California.

Taylor A.G. Skelton J.A. , & Czajkowski R.W. (1982). Do patients understand patient-education brochures? Nursing and Health Care, 13, 305–310.

Wyrick J. , & Slaughter B.J. (1989). Rinehart Reader. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.