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 i540r2906280; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 20:53:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 20:53:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <410-2200465404857197@earthlink.net> 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: "Debbie Yoho" <dwyoho@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4428] New Report on Health Literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2004.1.89.0 (Windows) Status: O Content-Length: 1341 Lines: 32 Posted by the moderator at the request of Sue Stableford: Dr. Rima Rudd at Harvard has recently authored a great new report on health literacy, published by Educational Testing Service. The report can be accessed on line at: www.ets.org/research/pic/literacy&health.pdf. The report is a synthesis of performance results for the 191 health-related questions on the 1992 NALS linked to the NALS database. The result is a new scale, the HALS (Health Activities Literacy Scale). The HALS directly reflects the health literacy skills of various population groups and sub-groups within the 3 domains measured by the NALS: prose, document, and quantitative. The 5 task/result levels of the HALS also correspond to those in the NALS. The methodology is clearly explained in the report, providing context for understanding results. This report is important in linking the use of literacy skills to the health context in which they are applied, way beyond just medical interventions. And it's important in reinforcing and extending the evidence that those with limited literacy skills also have limited health literacy skills. Debbie Yoho Moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv Past-president, SC Adult Literacy Educators Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council 2728 Devine Street Columbia, SC 29204 dwyoho@earthlink.net 803-765-2555
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