Increasing Readers’ Comprehension of Health Education Brochures: A Qualitative Study Into How Professional Writers Make Texts Coherent

作者: Marieke Kools , Robert A. C. Ruiter , Margaretha W. J. van de Wiel , Gerjo Kok

DOI: 10.1177/1090198104263340

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摘要: The aim of this study was to gain insight into the extent which health education text writers apply writing principles derived from cognitive psychological theory. Seventeen professional materials participated in a qualitative study, consisting rewriting task combined with think-aloud procedure and semistructured interview. verbal data were explored carefully light seven coherence that have proven effective research increase comprehension. Findings indicate vary their ideas use make comprehensible. It is argued profession can benefit greatly knowledge about processing for realizing comprehension written messages.

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