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5 to 7 Educator, 2010
This article is an extract from Including Lower Achievers in the Literacy Hour, year 1. The full book offers detailed lesson plans to teach specific skills and goals as outlined in the National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching.
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This article is an extract from Including Lower Achievers in the Literacy Hour, year 1. The full book offers detailed lesson plans to teach specific skills and goals as outlined in the National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching.
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Strategies for Improving Low Health Literacy
Postgraduate Medicine, 2009More than 1 in 3 adults in the United States have low health literacy, which can adversely affect the quality and cost of health care. These individuals are less likely than those who are health literate to be knowledgeable about their chronic diseases and possess adequate self-management skills, and are more likely to make medication errors ...
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Assessing literacy for patient teaching: perspectives of adults with low literacy skills
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1997The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding of the response of English speaking adults with low literacy skills to screening of reading ability in order to facilitate the planning of pateint teaching in a hospital setting. The Rapid Estimate of Literacy in Medicine (REALM) was the screening tool used to provide a screening ...
S M, Brez, M, Taylor
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Development and Validation of a Low-Literacy Opioid Contract
The Journal of Pain, 2007Opioid contracts (OPCs) are often used to outline the criteria and circumstances for which opioid medications are prescribed. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an English-language, low-literacy OPC. Specifically, the low-literacy OPC was designed to outline proper administration of prescribed medication(s) as well as highlight ...
Lorraine S, Wallace +3 more
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The Prevalence of Low Literacy in an Indigent Psychiatric Population
Psychiatric Services, 1999Research has shown that individuals with low or limited literacy experience significant obstacles in gaining access to and using health care services. In a study of the prevalence of low literacy in an indigent psychiatric population, 45 patients seeking mental health services at a shelter-based clinic for the homeless were given the Rapid Estimate of ...
R C, Christensen, G D, Grace
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Mobile interface design for low-literacy populations
Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium, 2012Despite the proliferation of mobile health applications, few target low literacy users. This is a matter of concern because 43% of the United States population is functionally illiterate. To empower everyone to be a full participant in the evolving health system and prevent further disparities, we must understand the design needs of low literacy ...
Beenish Chaudry +3 more
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The impact of low health literacy on surgical practice
The American Journal of Surgery, 2004We sought to determine the prevalence of low health literacy (LHL) among patients in a preoperative clinic, the characteristics associated with LHL, and the association between LHL and adherence to preoperative instructions.We conducted a cohort study and interviewed patients at a VA preoperative clinic.
Lisa D, Chew +4 more
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Identifying Low-Literacy Patients
Primary Care Update for OB/GYNS, 1999The assumption that the patient can read is integral to the doctor-patient relationship. Written questionnaires, permission to treat, informed consent, informational booklets, and therapy instruction sheets are all components of the comprehensive care of most patients.
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The spoken knowledge of low literacy in patients with diabetes
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 2011This research was planned descriptively and analytically to determine the diabetes knowledge of patients with low level of education diabetes.This study has been performed with 200 patients diagnosed with diabetes at least 3 months ago who were able to communicate, volunteered to participate in the study, had less than highschool education, and were at
Nuray, Guler, Sidika, Oguz
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The health care experience of patients with low literacy
Archives of Family Medicine, 1996To understand the difficulties that patients with poor reading ability have interacting with the health care system and to identify the coping mechanisms they use to deal with these problems.Focus groups and individual interviews with patients who are illiterate and patients with low literacy.Two large, urban public hospitals.Sixty patients with ...
D W, Baker +6 more
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