Measuring Reader Comprehension of a Preschool Pamphlet

Abstract

A RECENT ADDITION to the health education material of the Minnesota Department of Health is a brief, easy-to-read brochure titled "Getting Your Child Ready for School" (1). There is nothing novel in the concept of a pamphlet for parents with preschool children that carries the same kind of health message as does a personal visit from health workers to parents. What singles out this pamphlet for special attention are the pretesting techniques applied in the evaluation of the material before its publication. Greenberg and associates (2) point out that no matter how satisfactorily a piece of literature might appear to fulfill its intended goals, there still remains the need for adequate testing. Preferably, this testing should be done in advance of publication, for, as Knutson (3) Mrs. Ford, a former magazine editor and journalist, has, since 1949, been health education consultant in the section of public health education, Minnesota Department of Health. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, where she also obtained her degree in public health. Dr. Hartman, formerly with the Minneapolis Health Department as a maternal and child health physician, has, since February 1953, been pediatric consultant in the section of maternal and child health, Minnesota Department of Health. She took her master's degree in pediatrics at the University of

Some Effects of Parent Education On Parents and Their Children

“…(3) democratic values and goals; (4) problem-solving attitudes and methods; (5) self-discipline, responsibility, and freedom; and (6) constructive attitudes toward change. Each member studied the basic reading on the assigned topic and had access to supplementary books and pamphlets.…”