PubMed · 261327
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E L Curran. 1979. Organizational structural changes.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/261327/
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A pilot study was conducted in 1987-1988 to evaluate current health literature utilized for prenatal health education of the high risk population in County Health Departments in Arizona. Towards that end, sixty-five distinct pamphlets were obtained from Arizona's County Health Departments and assessed for reading level using the SMOG Readability Formula. The majority of the prenatal literature were found to be 10th to 12th grade reading level, higher than the typical reading level of the high risk prenatal population. A modified literature testing instrument was further utilized to test eight general prenatal pamphlets to assess the printed literature for accuracy, usability, believability, appeal, and cultural relevance. Four pamphlets of those tested, two English and two Spanish, were identified as being the most appropriate for the high risk prenatal population.
The authors sampled more than 600 University of Arizona students to determine how student attitudes, beliefs, and practices should be considered by healthcare personnel in planning campus health education programs. The survey found that students worried more about diet, exercise, and weight than they did about more serious health problems and that, although generally positive and optimistic, the students frequently felt anxious and overwhelmed. Two thirds of the students were sexually active, 74% of those who were active used various contraceptive methods. More than three quarters of those surveyed indicated they currently drank alcoholic beverages; one quarter of the drinkers said they frequently downed three or more drinks on one occasion, and 44% of the drinkers reported driving while under the influence of alcohol.