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Abstract
In this study, culturally sensitive visual aids designed to help convey drug information to nonliterate female adults who had a prescription for a solid oral dosage form of antibiotic medications were developed and evaluated. The researchers conceptualized the educational messages while a local artist produced the visual aids. Seventy-eight female ambulatory patients were evaluated for comprehension and compliance with antibiotic prescription instructions. The study was conducted in three health centers in Cameroon, West Africa and followed a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up format for three groups: two experimental, and one control. All participants were randomly assigned to either experimental or control groups, 26 patients to each group. Subjects in the experimental groups received visual aids alone or visual aids plus an Advanced Organizer. A comparison of the three groups showed that subjects in the experimental groups scored significantly higher than the control group in both the comprehension and compliance measures.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Antibiotics; Cameroon; Communication; Communication Programs; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Distributional Activities; Drugs; Economic Factors; Educational Status; French Speaking Africa; Iec; Illiterates--women; Information; Mass Media; Middle Africa; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Characteristics; Pre-post Tests; Prescriptions; Printed Media; Program Activities; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Programs; Rural Population--women; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Treatment
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9104382 DOI： 10.1016/s0738-3991(96)00976-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Patient Educ Couns ISSN： 0738-3991