TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe impact of fever health education on clinic utilization
AU  - Robinson J, Schwartz MM, Magwene KS, Krengel SA, Tamburello D
Y1  - 1989/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150180076024
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 698
EP  - 704
VL  - 143
IS  - 6
N2  - • We evaluated the ability of an office health education program to (1) increase parental knowledge about fever in children, (2) improve parental satisfaction with services, and (3) affect the number of fever-associated clinic visits. Randomly selected experimental and control groups differed only in that the former group viewed a slide-tape presentation. Testing of population samples before and after the presentation disclosed a highly significant improvement in knowledge about fever in the experimental population that persisted for almost 6 months. Monitoring of subsequent clinic visits revealed a 30% to 35% decrease in visits for fever and a 20% to 25% decrease in all visits for acute problems. These findings suggest that an audiovisual health education intervention can significantly improve patient confidence in managing fever as reflected by decreased clinic visits. This program is potentially useful in both the office and clinic in a health maintenance organization setting.(AJDC. 1989;143:698-704)
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150180076024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150180076024
ER  -