Patient Education Rochure Case Study

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The patient education brochure that I choose for this assignment connects colorectal cancer screening and scheduling colonoscopies. It was designed as an educational instrument as a health prevention tool by Indiana University Health for adult men and women. This brochure is specifically targeted for adult women and men, aged 50 and older with the special considerations of African American population beginning at age 45 and those who have had a family history of colon cancer to screen 10 years prior to when the family member had precancerous polyps, cancer or the age of 40 whichever comes first (Indiana University Health, 2012). This brochure opens by briefly illuminating of what the lifetime risk of developing colorectal …show more content…

Three samples of 100-word passages were evaluated to determine the reading level of this brochure (Doak, Doak, & Root, 1996). The first 100-word passage referring to the illuminating of what the lifetime risk includes contained 5.6 sentences and 152 syllables, which indicate an estimated 9h grade level for readability. The second 100-word passage correlating to how the exam is preformed contained 5.5 sentences and 145 syllables, which indicate an estimated 8th grade for readability. The third 100-word passage related to preparation and procedure contains 6 sentences and 171 syllables, which indicate an estimated 15th grade readability. An overview of the three sections were reviewed in the brochure and according to the Fry graph it specifies that the general readability is at the 10th grade level (Doak, Doak, & Root, …show more content…

Nevertheless, the material does not address the relevance of other cultures such as Asian, Hispanic or Middle Eastern

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