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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Health literacy assessment"”.
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Health literacy in Toronto : applying the TOFHLA to identify the gap between physician and patient
… snowball sampling method. The Test of Functional Health Literacy Assessment (TOFHLA) is used to assess a patient’s level of comprehension of health-related material. The TOFHLA was validated by researchers Baker and Parker et al. in two separate studies in 1995 and 1999. This study has proven that …
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Association between Health Literacy and 30-Day Unplanned Healthcare Use after Discharge in the Heart Failure Population
Unplanned healthcare use following discharge costs Medicare over $17 billion per year. Health literacy is associated with increased healthcare use and cost while heart failure is the leading cause of 30-day readmission in the United States. Previous studies have assessed the association between …
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The relationship between functional health literacy of African American veterans and nonveterans and their ability to read and comprehend medical information for a chronic illness
… part of the United States. The Short Test of Health Literacy Assessment (STOFHLA), a knowledge questionnaire, and a short demographic survey were used as the data collection tools. Four research questions were developed for the study. Each of these questions were addressed using inferential …
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Assessment of health literacy as a part of a university medication therapy management program for patients with chronic conditions
… are aware of what affect their patients' health literacy level may have on health outcomes. </p> <p>The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which health literacy was associated with different demographic factors and the extent to which health literacy was associated with …
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Nutrition literacy: foundations and development of an instrument for assessment
Health literacy has emerged as an area of increasing research focus in the medical literature, yet it has received little attention in the nutrition literature. Registered dietitians (RDs) should be concerned about low health literacy considering its associations with decreased knowledge of disease …
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Exploring health literacy amongst the general population and healthcare providers in Nigeria: a mixed methods study
Health literacy in Nigeria was investigated by examining the relationship between healthcare users and providers, the healthcare system, and health information. Also, the intersection between health literacy and COVID-19 knowledge was explored. A mixed methods approach was adopted, using a …