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PubMed1989

Evaluation of "your pregnancy"--a New Zealand health information booklet for pregnant women.

"Your Pregnancy" is a health information booklet distributed to all pregnant women in New Zealand free of charge. Evaluation of the accessibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the booklet was undertaken. Two groups of women were surveyed 4-5 months after their first babies were born. The first group of women (n = 281) was surveyed before the booklet was introduced and the second group (n = 267) after its distribution. The overall response rate was 79 per cent. Accessibility of the booklet was assessed from the survey of the second group of women. The majority of women received the booklet eventually, but only 62 per cent in the first trimester. Of those women who received the booklet, 73 per cent passed it on to others. Evaluation of the booklet's acceptability was undertaken by calling for submissions from professional and lay groups (n = 41) on all aspects of the booklet and from analysis of responses to the second survey. The booklet was generally acceptable to women and health professionals. Effectiveness of the booklet was gauged by comparing the two groups of women on the extent to which their needs for information had been met, the ease with which they could question others about their pregnancy, locus of control, self-care and self-knowledge. The only variable which showed a change between the two surveys was an improvement in the extent to which women's needs for information had been met.

Consumer Behavior↗
PubMed1995

Recall, retention, utilisation and acceptability of written health education materials.

The effects of two distribution strategies on the recall of receipt, retention, utilisation and perceived acceptability of written health education materials were investigated in two semirural communities. We randomly selected 512 people, 212 from general practitioners' surgeries, who received the materials from their general practitioners at the end of a routine consultation, and 300 from the electoral register, who received it through the mail in a personally addressed envelope. Of all those who received the materials, 55 (10.7 per cent) were not contactable and 386 (84.5 per cent) of those contacted consented to the survey. Structured interviews were conducted with consenting individuals two weeks after distribution to assess recall of receipt, retention, utilisation and perceived acceptability. Of those receiving the material by mail, 77.4 per cent recalled receiving it, 75.4 per cent reported keeping the booklet and 66.7 per cent reported reading it. Of those receiving it from a general practitioner, 90.9 per cent recalled receiving it, 93.3 per cent reported keeping the booklet and 56 per cent reported reading it. Perceived acceptability of the material was high, with over 80 per cent of respondents finding it very or fairly eye-catching, believable, interesting and easy to read. Although general practitioner distribution led to higher rates of receipt and retention, mail-out distribution led to higher utilisation rates and allowed access to a larger proportion of the population, resulting in more people being exposed to the education message.

Adolescent↗
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Encouraging self-administration of erythropoietin.

European Best Practice Guidelines of 1999 for managing anaemia in patients with kidney failure state that patients using the subcutaneous route should be encouraged to self-administer epoetin whenever possible. This article argues for and substantiates the need to develop an education programme, which should consist of group and one-to-one teaching sessions with discussion, role-play, visual aids and demonstration. Information booklets will be provided covering blood pressure monitoring, ordering and storage of medication and safe disposal of syringes. Methods to evaluate the education programme include direct observation, laboratory reports, patient care plans and feedback. The theoretical benefits of such a programme should include; improved cardiovascular function with a more compliant patient enjoying an improved quality of life. The organisation should benefit through lower costs and a structured method of audit.

Anemia↗
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Meeting information needs of families of critical care patients.

Families of patients in critical care experience extreme anxiety and frustration while awaiting their loved ones' recovery or stabilization. To study the hypothesis that meeting families' informational needs can reduce their anxiety and help them cope with the initial crisis, a small task force at a Midwest acute care facility, using a CQI approach, studied possible solutions. Initial findings showed low satisfaction for families of critically ill patients with the present system of imparting information to them. After initiation of a storyboard to present information by the critical care team, families reported increased satisfaction and greater knowledge recall.

Anxiety↗
PubMed1985

Cognitive methods of preparing women for hysterectomy: does a booklet help?

Thirty women about to undergo hysterectomy were sequentially assigned to three equal groups. The first two groups were taught methods of cognitive control over anxiety, either through a detailed booklet (group 1) or orally (group 2). The third group served as attention-placebo controls. The two experimental groups reported less pain and distress than the control group, who spent longer in hospital and were more prone to post-operative vomiting. The booklet proved neither more nor less beneficial than oral teaching on the criteria adopted, and is therefore seen as more cost effective.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed2004

The relative efficacy of two brief treatments for sleep problems in young learning disabled (mentally retarded) children: a randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Settling and night waking problems are particularly prevalent, persistent, and generally considered difficult to treat in children with a learning disability, although intervention trials are few. Scarce resources, however, limit access to proven behavioural treatments. AIMS: To investigate the efficacy of a media based brief behavioural treatment of sleep problems in such children by comparing (1) face-to-face delivered treatment versus control and (2) booklet delivered treatment versus controls. METHODS: The parents of 66 severely learning disabled children aged 2-8 years with settling and/or night waking problems took part in a randomised controlled trial with a wait-list control group. Behavioural treatments were presented either conventionally face-to-face or by means of a 14 page easy to read illustrated booklet. A composite sleep disturbance score was derived from sleep diaries kept by parents. RESULTS: Both forms of treatment were almost equally effective compared with controls. Two thirds of children who were taking over 30 minutes to settle five or more times per week and waking at night for over 30 minutes four or more times per week improved on average to having such settling or night waking problems for only a few minutes or only once or twice per week (H = 34.174, df = 2, p<0.001). These improvements were maintained after six months. CONCLUSIONS: Booklet delivered behavioural treatments for sleep problems were as effective as face-to-face treatment for most children in this population.

Behavior Control↗