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Assessment of adults with low literacy skills: a review of methods

open access: yesFrontiers in Education
The paper reviews the methods for assessing different components of reading skills in adults with reading difficulties, along with functional reading skills.
Katarzyna Chyl   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of Health Animations in Audiences With Different Health Literacy Levels: An Experimental Study

open access: yesJournal of Medical Internet Research, 2015
BackgroundProcessing Web-based health information can be difficult, especially for people with low health literacy. Presenting health information in an audiovisual format, such as animation, is expected to improve understanding among low health literate ...
Meppelink, Corine S   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap in Neuroblastoma Care: Consensus‐Based Statements With Recommendations for Improved Patient and Caregiver Experiences

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neuroblastoma's complex, heterogeneous biology poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, often requiring caregivers to absorb complex information and participate in time‐sensitive decisions. However, caregivers often feel unprepared to evaluate options.
Vickie Buenger   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a cognitive behavioral therapy intervention among pregnant women in Pujehun District, Sierra Leone

open access: yesCogent Mental Health
In rural, poor, largely illiterate Pujehun District of Sierra Leone there were no interventions available for perinatal depression (PND). To address this need, Project Peanut Butter established a counseling service.
Ashleen Lee   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health literacy among patients with poor understanding of prescription drug label instructions in Saudi Arabia

open access: yesSaudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2019
Introduction: This study conducted to assess the health literacy level among patients who have poor understanding of the medications’ labels in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This multi-center cross-sectional study was conducted on two phases.
Ahmed AbuAlreesh, Khalid A. Alburikan
doaj   +1 more source

Classroom Teacher’s Digital Literacy Level based on Instant Digital Competence Assessment (IDCA) Perspective

open access: yesMimbar Sekolah Dasar, 2022
Technological developments have made digital literacy one of the survival skills in the 21st century, which is linked to development of teacher core competencies, and digital literacy.
Idam Ragil Widianto Atmojo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the Readability of Patient‐Facing Online Educational Materials for Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Together, leukemia and lymphoma account for 38.7% of newly diagnosed pediatric cancer cases in the United States each year. Many caregivers utilize online resources to inform medical health decisions. Understanding the readability of these materials is critical to ensuring comprehensible patient education.
Chloe Strege   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

An individualised literacy intervention for low-progress readers and writers in the Foundation Phase

open access: yesPer Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2011
Current literacy interventions (i.e. programmes of instruction for low-progress readers and writers that are supplementary to the literacy programmes used in mainstream classrooms) implemented in most Western Cape schools reflect the use of isolated item-
Swart, Marika , Nathanson, Renee
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling stem cell differentiation related processes—A practical overview for biologists

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Stem cell differentiation is complex and difficult to control experimentally. This review introduces suitable computational modelling approaches that can support stem cell research, from mechanistic ODE and abstract models to multiscale and deep learning methods.
Ricco Zeegelaar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive Underpinnings of Functional Reading Difficulties in Polish Adults

open access: yesBrain Sciences
Background/Objectives. Low functional literacy in adulthood is a growing issue, yet the cognitive profiles of struggling adult readers in transparent orthographies remain under-researched.
Katarzyna Chyl-Tanaś   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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