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. 2012 Sep 18;5:511. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-511

Table 2.

Health topics most commonly addressed in waiting room documents, decreasing order of frequency in the waiting room

Topics on posters Number of the waiting rooms Topics in brochures Number of waiting rooms
1. vaccination
17
1. nutrition
19
2. nutrition
16
2. cardiovascular disease
17
3. emergency phone numbers
11
3. vaccination
16
4. drugs of abuse
9
4. information on technical aids for patients at home
15
5. cardiovascular disease
9
5. a cancer information hotline
15
6. information medical consultations at home
8
6. asthma
11
7. tobacco
6
7. skin cancer
11
8. asthma
6
8. screening for cervical cancer
10
9. abortion
6
9. osteoporosis
10
10. violence against women
6
10. emergency phone number
9
11. alcohol
6
11. bronchiolitis
9
12. hepatitis C
5
12. herpes
8
13. blood or organ donation 5 contraceptive 8