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Low literacy skills in adults can be largely explained by basic linguistic and domain-general predictors [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionDespite having sufficient formal education, a large group of people cannot complete everyday tasks like reading, writing, or making basic calculations.
Réka Vágvölgyi, Moritz Sahlender, Hannes Schröter, Hannes Schröter, Benjamin Nagengast, Benjamin Nagengast, Thomas Dresler, Thomas Dresler, Thomas Dresler, Josef Schrader, Josef Schrader, Josef Schrader, Hans-Christoph Nuerk, Hans-Christoph Nuerk   +13 more
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On the comparability of adults with low literacy across LEO, PIAAC, and NEPS. Methodological considerations and empirical evidence

Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2020
Background In Germany, three large-scale surveys–the Level One Study (LEO), the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), and the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)–provide complementary data on adults’ literacy ...
Tabea Durda, Britta Gauly, Klaus Buddeberg, Clemens M. Lechner, Cordula Artelt   +4 more
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Adult Basic Education: Community Health Partnerships and Health Disparities

Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2019
Background: Adult Basic Education (ABE) is the national system that offers adults with low literacy and/or limited English with educational services in reading, writing, math, technology, and communications from basic levels to high school equivalency ...
Marcia Drew Hohn, Winston Lawrence, Julie McKinney, David J. Rosen, Maricel G. Santos, Rob Sheppard, Gregory Smith, Alexandra Ziskind   +7 more
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Low health literacy [PDF]

The Nurse Practitioner, 2018
Abstract: There are limited data on racial and ethnic disparities related to quality of life (QoL) and health literacy in adults with multiple cardiac conditions. This article evaluates the relationship between health literacy and QoL among patients with cardiac conditions in a multiethnic community in New York City.
Kathleen T, Hickey, Ruth M, Masterson Creber, Meghan, Reading, Robert R, Sciacca, Teresa C, Riga, Ashton P, Frulla, Jesus M, Casida   +6 more
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Skills for Shared Decision-Making: Evaluation of a Health Literacy Program for Consumers with Lower Literacy Levels

Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2019
Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) has been found to be significantly and positively associated with improved patient outcomes. For an SDM process to occur, patients require functional, communicative, and critical health literacy (HL) skills ...
Danielle M. Muscat, Suzanne Morony, Lyndal Trevena, Andrew Hayen, Heather L. Shepherd, Sian K. Smith, Haryana M. Dhillon, Karen Luxford, Don Nutbeam, Kirsten J. McCaffery   +9 more
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Pretest-post-test evaluation with lay midwives in remote Guatemala after educational activities about COVID-19

Rural and Remote Health
Introduction: Guatemalan lay midwives are well-respected community leaders in a country that lacks the institutional capacity to meet healthcare needs related to pregnancy, newborns, and COVID-19. Thus, Guatemalan lay midwives, who attend the majority
Kimberly Garcia, Argelia Rodriguez, Zoila Gonzalez, Cheryl Armstrong, Eli Iacob, Emily Flynn, Molly Simmons   +6 more
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Overcoming low health literacy [PDF]

Nursing Critical Care, 2012
Low health literacy is so widespread among patients in outpatient settings, some authors have called it a silent epidemic.[1] Research continues to show that many patients don't understand the recommendations given to them by their healthcare providers.[2,3] Because of this lack of understanding, these patients can't follow directions to adopt ...
Racquel Ingram, Donald D. Kautz
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Health literacy, health status, and healthcare utilization of taiwanese adults: results from a national survey

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background Low health literacy is considered a worldwide health threat. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence and socio-demographic covariates of low health literacy in Taiwanese adults and to investigate the relationships between health ...
Kuo Ken N, Tsai Yi-Wen, Tsai Tzu-I, Lee Shoou-Yih D   +3 more
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The Regime of Self‐Optimization: Lived Experiences of Enforced Digital Inclusion by Low‐Literate Citizens

Social Inclusion
This article introduces the regime of self‐optimization, a theoretical framework to understand how disadvantaged citizens are compelled to continually improve their digital skills and capacities to meet the demands of an increasingly digital welfare ...
Alexander Smit, Joëlle Swart, Marcel Broersma   +2 more
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Screening Patients Who Speak Spanish for Low Health Literacy

Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2019
Background: Inadequate health literacy is a national health problem that affects about 90 million people from all racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
Kristie B. Hadden, Latrina Y. Prince, Martha O. Rojo, James P. Selig, Pearl A. McElfish   +4 more
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