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Numeracy and COVID-19: examining interrelationships between numeracy, health numeracy and behaviour [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the globe have been exposed to large amounts of statistical data. Previous studies have shown that individuals' mathematical understanding of health-related information affects their attitudes and behaviours ...
Nathan T. T. Lau, Eric D. Wilkey, Mojtaba Soltanlou, Rebekka Lagacé Cusiac, Lien Peters, Paul Tremblay, Celia Goffin, Isabella Starling Alves, Andrew David Ribner, Clarissa Thompson, Jo Van Hoof, Julia Bahnmueller, Aymee Alvarez, Elien Bellon, Ilse Coolen, Fanny Ollivier, Daniel Ansari   +16 more
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An Evaluation of Health Numeracy among Radiation Therapists and Dosimetrists [PDF]

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2021
Purpose: Medical errors in radiation oncology sometimes involve tasks reliant on practitioners’ grasp of numeracy. Numeracy has been shown to be suboptimal across various health care professionals. Herein, we assess health numeracy among American Society
Gabrielle W. Peters, MD, Jacqueline R. Kelly, MD, MSc, Jason M. Beckta, MD, PhD, Marney White, PhD, Lawrence B. Marks, MD, Eric Ford, PhD, Suzanne B. Evans, MD, MPH   +6 more
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Cross-sectional study of healthcare professionals’ estimates of the health numeracy of inpatients and outpatients in a UK secondary care setting [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Introduction A cross-sectional study to identify whether healthcare professionals (HCPs) can accurately estimate the health numeracy of patients.Methods A convenient sample of inpatients and outpatients, in an urban UK general hospital, undertook a ...
Sarah Beale, Chad Byworth, Calisha Allen, Rajashree Murki, Akifah Mojadady, Lubnaa Ghoora, Jameela Nagri, Chetan D Parmar   +7 more
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Alignment of Patient Health Numeracy with Asthma Care Instructions in the Patient Portal [PDF]

Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2017
Background: After Visit Summary (AVS) instructions provided through the patient portal of the electronic medical record can support asthma self-management if patients have the skills to interpret and apply the health information provided.
Marilyn M. Schapira, Chantel Mozal, Frances S. Shofer, Rodalyn Gonzalez, Andrea J. Apter   +4 more
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Examining the Factor Structure of Objective Health Literacy and Numeracy Scales: Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
BackgroundScales for measuring health literacy and numeracy have been broadly classified into performance-based (objective) and self-reported (subjective) scales.
Chihiro Moriishi, Keisuke Takano, Takeyuki Oba, Naoki Konishi, Kentaro Katahira, Kenta Kimura   +5 more
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The relationship between low perceived numeracy and cancer knowledge, beliefs, and affect. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Low numeracy may skew patient perceptions of information about cancer. This paper examines the relationship between self-reported measures of perceived numeracy and cancer knowledge, beliefs, and affect, using results from 3,052 respondents to the 2007 ...
Katherine Ross, Justin Stoler, Nick Carcioppolo   +2 more
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Understanding of Numerical Information during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brain Sciences, 2021
Media news during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic often entail complex numerical concepts such as exponential increase or reproduction number. This study investigated whether people have difficulties in understanding such information and
Laura Zamarian, Katharina M. -A. Fürstenberg, Nadia Gamboz, Margarete Delazer   +3 more
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Examining Associations between Self-Rated Health and Proficiency in Literacy and Numeracy among Immigrants and U.S.-Born Adults: Evidence from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
This paper uses data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) to analyze the relationship between self-reported health (SRH) and literacy and numeracy proficiency for immigrants compared to U.S.-born respondents and
Esther Prins, Shannon Monnat
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Lower objectively and subjectively assessed numeracy are both associated with poorer self-rated health

BMC Research Notes, 2021
Objective To compare an objective with a subjective numeracy assessment for association with self-reported health status, where numeracy refers to “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to access, process, interpret, communicate, and act on ...
Natalie C. Benda, Zihan Yang, Haojia Li, Tianran Zhang, Jessica S. Ancker   +4 more
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What is the effect of a decision aid in potentially vulnerable parents? Insights from the head CT choice randomized trial. [PDF]

, 2020
ObjectiveTo test the hypotheses that use of the Head CT Choice decision aid would be similarly effective in all parent/patient dyads but parents with high (vs low) numeracy experience a greater increase in knowledge while those with low (vs high) health ...
Cohen, Daniel M, Ferrara, Michael J, Herrin, Jeph, Hess, Erik P, Homme, James L, Inselman, Jonathan, Kharbanda, Anupam B, Kuppermann, Nathan, Louie, Jeffrey P, Montori, Victor M, Nigrovic, Lise E, Shah, Nilay D, Skains, Rachel M, Tzimenatos, Leah, Westphal, Jessica J   +14 more
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