Document 0105
 DOCN  M94A0105
 TI    Literacy of women attending family planning clinics in Virginia and
       reading levels of brochures on HIV prevention.
 DT    9412
 AU    Wells JA; Ruscavage D; Parker B; McArthur L; Center for Health Policy
       Studies, Columbia, Md.
 SO    Fam Plann Perspect. 1994 May-Jun;26(3):113-5, 131. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94350078
 AB    A study estimating the extent to which the reading level of HIV
       educational brochures matches the reading ability (measured by
       educational attainment) of women attending public family planning
       clinics in Virginia shows that the mean reading level of the brochures
       sampled is grade 9.9. The educational attainment of 18% of Virginia
       family planning clients falls below this level. The mean reading level
       of brochures targeted to adolescents (grade 8.3) and the mean reading
       level of those targeted to minority women (grade 9.1) are significantly
       lower than the mean for all sampled brochures. Use of the targeted
       brochures would improve access to information on HIV prevention for 16%
       of adolescents and 6% of minority women who attend family planning
       clinics in Virginia.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  Adolescence
       *Educational Status  Family Planning/*EDUCATION  Female  Human
       Pamphlets  *Patient Education  *Reading  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
       Virginia  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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