Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f9NGAN024992; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:10:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:10:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000f01c15bdc$57d40510$8ce38e8c@amc.washington.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Kristina Anderson" <keander@u.washington.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3407] Re: Assessing literacy level among patients X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 8351 Lines: 215 You wrote: "To think that a health care professional does not already know the literacy level of his patients is to live in a fool's paradise." I disagree. Patients with low literacy skills can hide their reading difficulties, and a health care professional may suspect some problems with comprehension, but the likelyhood that they can determine the patient's literacy level is absurd. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Kristina Anderson Literacy Coordinator Harborview Medical Center Box 359710 325 9th Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 206-731-6621 (FAX) 206-731-2023 ----- Original Message ----- From: "lpbml" <lpbml@pacbell.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 10:32 PM Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3403] Re: Assessing literacy level among patients > I agree that an adult learner must feel comfortable to succeed; further that > continued progress and learning is built on trust, confidence, and success. > Failure causes back-peddling and uncertainty, progress is built on success. > > Whether doctors or health care professionals are making a conscious effort > to design or come up with a way to test the literacy of their patients is a > mute point to me. We would be foolish to think that a health care > professional is not always assessing his patients demeanor, mental and > physical capabilities, attitude etc. They pretty much already know the > commodity they're dealing with; a number or score is a waste of everyone's > time and could very well be the straw that breaks the camel's back for a > patient that is scared off by this "so-called new trend." > > To substantiate my point, when my son was ill and his doctor could not > understand on what basis I made certain decisions; she sent me to a > psychiatrist. These decisions seemed straight-forward and rational to me, > but, off-the wall to her. Fortunately, I was educated, articulate, and able > to explain how and why I made these decisions that were clearly understood > and defended by the psychiatrist. To think that a health care professional > does not already know the literacy level of his patients is to live in a > fool's paradise. > > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-health@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-health@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of > Kristina Anderson > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 4:02 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3401] Re: Assessing literacy level among patients > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0077_01C15B12.29626DE0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I posted a reply in mime and apparently it didn't wasn't readable to = > everyone. So I'm trying again in plain text. See below. > > I tutor an adult learner, and I have learned to be very careful about = > how I work with him. If he feels that he is in any way being tested, he = > gets extremely uncomfortable and wants to go home. His success is = > completely dependent on his comfort level with how he is learning. He's = > also a patient at our hospital, and I have helped him with understanding = > his medications and instructions from his doctor. If his doctor tried to = > test his literacy level, I doubt he would come back. > > Kristina > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > Kristina Anderson > Literacy Coordinator > Harborview Medical Center > Box 359710 > 325 9th Ave. > Seattle, WA 98104 > 206-731-6621 > (FAX) 206-731-2023 > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: Dwyoho@aol.com=20 > To: Multiple recipients of list=20 > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 11:59 AM > Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3395] Assessing literacy level among patients > > > In a message dated 10/22/2001 1:47:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, = > millard@goldfieldaccess.net writes:=20 > > > > ...there is a trend within the health field that some health care = > providers=20 > are looking for ways to test patients for literacy levels. > > > Thank you Archie for your valuable input. I would like to see some = > discussion about this "trend" regarding literacy testing. Comments, = > anyone? =20 > > Deborah W. Yoho=20 > Co-moderator, NIFL Health Literacy Discussion Group=20 > Chief Executive Officer=20 > Greater Columbia Literacy Council=20 > 921 Woodrow Street =20 > Columbia, SC 29205=20 > 803/765-2555 dwyoho@aol.com=20 > > ------=_NextPart_000_0077_01C15B12.29626DE0 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = > charset=3Diso-8859-1"> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > <DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I posted a reply in mime and apparently it didn't = > wasn't=20 > readable to everyone. So I'm trying again in plain text. See=20 > below.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I tutor an adult learner, and I have learned to be = > very=20 > careful about how I work with him. If he feels that he is in any way = > being=20 > tested, he gets extremely uncomfortable and wants to go = > home. His=20 > success is completely dependent on his comfort level with how he is = > learning.=20 > He's also a patient at our hospital, and I have helped him with = > understanding=20 > his medications and instructions from his doctor. If his doctor tried to = > test=20 > his literacy level, I doubt he would come back.</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Kristina</FONT></DIV></DIV> > <DIV>`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````<BR>Kristin= > a=20 > Anderson<BR>Literacy Coordinator<BR>Harborview Medical Center<BR>Box=20 > 359710<BR>325 9th Ave.<BR>Seattle, WA 98104<BR>206-731-6621<BR>(FAX)=20 > 206-731-2023</DIV> > <BLOCKQUOTE=20 > style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = > BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> > <DIV=20 > style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = > black"><B>From:</B>=20 > <A title=3DDwyoho@aol.com = > href=3D"mailto:Dwyoho@aol.com">Dwyoho@aol.com</A> </DIV> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 > title=3Dnifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov=20 > href=3D"mailto:nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov">Multiple recipients of = > list</A>=20 > </DIV> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 22, 2001 = > 11:59=20 > AM</DIV> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NIFL-HEALTH:3395] = > Assessing=20 > literacy level among patients</DIV> > <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0 = > face=3D"Times New Roman"=20 > size=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SERIF">In a message dated 10/22/2001 1:47:46 PM = > Eastern=20 > Daylight Time, <A=20 > = > href=3D"mailto:millard@goldfieldaccess.net">millard@goldfieldaccess.net</= > A>=20 > writes: <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 = > size=3D2=20 > FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"> > <BLOCKQUOTE=20 > style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = > solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 > TYPE=3D"CITE"><BR>...there is a trend within the health field that = > some health=20 > care providers <BR>are looking for ways to test patients for = > literacy=20 > levels.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3D"Times New Roman" = > > color=3D#000000 size=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SERIF"><BR>Thank you Archie for = > your valuable=20 > input. I would like to see some discussion about this "trend" = > regarding=20 > literacy testing. Comments, anyone? <BR><BR></FONT><FONT = > lang=3D0=20 > face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF">Deborah W. = > Yoho=20 > <BR>Co-moderator, NIFL Health Literacy Discussion Group <BR>Chief = > Executive=20 > Officer <BR>Greater Columbia Literacy Council <BR>921 Woodrow Street = > =20 > <BR>Columbia, SC 29205 <BR>803/765-2555=20 > dwyoho@aol.com</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> > > ------=_NextPart_000_0077_01C15B12.29626DE0-- > > >
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