RESOUR> [NetGold] MEDICAL: PATIENTS AND PATIENT ISSUES : LITERACY: Health Literacy: Patient Understanding of Medical Regimens

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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:33:37 -0500 (EST)
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: NetGold <NetGold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [NetGold] MEDICAL: PATIENTS AND PATIENT ISSUES : LITERACY: Health
    Literacy: Patient Understanding of Medical Regimens

MEDICAL: PATIENTS AND PATIENT ISSUES : LITERACY: Health Literacy: Patient
Understanding of Medical Regimens

Health literacy is an issue that is growing in importance in the thinking
of both medical professionals and of educators as the issue of whether a
patient can read and understand consumer oriented medical instructions can
be a matter of life and death to that patient.

"About Health Literacy ...
The impact of literacy on our daily lives is significant. The ability to
understand and process written materials has become a basic survival
skill in the Information Age. Those with limited literacy skills are at a
tremendous disadvantage.

The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provided a quantitative definition
for literacy: "(A)n individuals ability to read, write, speak in English,
compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function
on the job, in the family of the individual, and in society." Health
literacy, therefore, can be seen as the ability of an individual to
understand information given to them by healthcare providers, educational
materials accompanying over-the-counter medications and prescriptions,
and the ability to process this information to care for themselves, those
under their care, and to access the healthcare system in an appropriate
and responsible manner.

Results from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey showed that nearly
90 million American adults could not function above the lowest 2 levels
of literacy. Though there are many reasons for this  inability to speak
and read English, incomplete education, learning disabilities, advanced
age  the fact remains that those in this category are ill-prepared to
successfully function in our society."

<http://www.iha4health.org/healthliteracy.html>

Here are citations to some published articles on the subject of health
literacy:

Epidemiology, Health Literacy, and Health Education.
Author: Kaelin, Mark A.; Huebner, Wendy W.
Source: American Journal of Health Education
v. 33  no. 6  November/December 2002  p. 362-364

Health educators' role in promoting health literacy
and advocacy for the 21st century.
Author: Tappe, Marlene K.; Galer-Unti, Regina A.
Source: The Journal of School Health
v. 71 no. 10  December 2001  p. 477-482

A critical look at health literacy.
Author: Greenberg, Daphne.
Source: Adult Basic Education
v. 11  no. 2  Summer 2001  p. 67-79

Enhancing teacher health literacy in school health
promotion: a vision for the new millennium.
Author: Peterson, Fred L.; Cooper, Randy J.;
Laird, Justin M.
Source: The Journal of School Health
v. 71 no. 4  April 2001  p. 138-144

A cooperative approach to promoting health literacy:
the current health issues project.
Author: Birch, David A.
Source: The Journal of School Health
v. 70  no. 2  February  2000  p. 69-71

Using debate to develop health literacy.
Author: Temple, Mark A.
Source: The Journal of School Health
v. 67  March 1997  p. 116-117

Difficulties in functional health literacy screening
in Spanish-speaking adults.
Author: Nurss, Joanne R.; Baker, David W.;
Davis, Terry C.
Source: Journal of Reading
v. 38  May 1995  p. 632-637

Health + Literacy = Gilroy's Community Learning Center.
Author: Aramburu, Michelle.
Source: The Unabashed Librarian
no. 124  2002  p. 24-25

Do you mini-med school? Leveraging library resources
to improve Internet consumer health information literacy.
Author: Van Moorsel, Guillaume.
Source: Medical Reference Services Quarterly
v. 20  no. 4  Winter 2001  p. 27-37

Mental Health Literacy of those with Major Depression
and Suicidal Ideation: An Impediment to Help Seeking.
Author: Goldney, Robert D.; Fisher, Laura J.;
Wilson, David H.
Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
v. 32  no. 4  Winter 2002  p. 394-403

Functional Health Literacy and the Risk of Hospital
Admission Among Medicare Managed Care Enrollees.
Author: Baker, David W.; Gazmararian, Julie A.;
Williams, Mark V.
Source: American Journal of Public Health
v. 92  no. 8  August 2002  p. 1278-83

Health literacy: a nonissue in the 2000
presidential election.
Author: Rogers, Everett M.; Ratzan, Scott C.;
Payne, J. Gregory.
Source: The American Behavioral Scientist
v. 44  no. 12  August 2001  p. 2172-2195

Here are some additional articles that should
provide a significant bibliography or literature
review on this topic in addition to the content
on this subject in the articles themselves.

JORM, A. F. 1. GRIFFITHS, K. M.. CHRISTENSEN,
H.. KORTEN, A. E.. PARSLOW, R. A.. RODGERS, B..
Providing information about the effectiveness of
treatment options to depressed people in the
community: a randomized controlled trial of
effects on mental health literacy, help-seeking
and symptoms.
Psychological Medicine.
33(6):1071-1079, August 2003.

Tones, Keith.
Health literacy: new wine in old bottles?
Health Education Research.
17(3):287-290, June 2002.

Kalichman, Seth C.. Rompa, David.
Functional Health Literacy Is Associated With
Health Status and Health-Related Knowledge in
People Living With HIV-AIDS.
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
25(4):337-344, December 1, 2000.

Roter, Debra DrPH. Rudd, Rima ScD. Koch-Weser, Susan ScM.
Health Literacy and the JAMA Patient Page.
JAMA. 282(6):525-527, August 11, 1999.

Health literacy rated low in one third of Medicare managed
care enrollees.
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.
56(8):709-710, April 15, 1999.

Health Literacy: Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs.
JAMA. 281(6):552-557, February 10, 1999.

Watters EK. Literacy for health: an interdisciplinary model.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing.
14(1):48-54, 2003 Jan.

Watters EK. Literacy for health: an interdisciplinary model.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing.
14(1):48-54, 2003 Jan.

Williams MV. Davis T. Parker RM. Weiss BD.
The role of health literacy in patient-physician communication.
Family Medicine.
34(5):383-9, 2002 May.

Weiss BD. Health literacy: an important issue for communicating
health information to patients.
Chung Hua i Hsueh Tsa Chih - Chinese Medical Journal.
64(11):603-8, 2001 Nov.

Watters, Elisa K. Literacy for health: An interdisciplinary model.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing.
Vol 14(1) Jan 2003, 48-54.
Sage Publications, US

I hope those interested on this list will find these citations to
be useful and of interest. In addition here are a few websites that
may be of interest regarding health literacy:

Health Literacy Month
<http://www.healthliteracymonth.com/>

Health Literacy Resources
<http://www.chcs.org/resource/hl.html>

Harvard University
HEALTH LITERACY STUDIES
<http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/>

Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy
<http://www.cal.org/ncle/health/>

The El Paso Collaborative Health Literacy Curriculum
<http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/elpaso/>

AMA (AMA Foundation) Health Literacy
Health Literacy: Help Your Patients Understand
<http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8115.html>

HEALTH LITERACY PROJECT
Communications Solutions for a Diverse Health Care Marketplace
Poor reading skills threaten the health of many...
Are these situations familiar?
<http://www.hpcpa.org/hlp.html>

About Health Literacy
<http://www.iha4health.org/healthliteracy.html>


Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
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