Please share the   citation for the study showing 12% have English
proficiency to manage their own care. Thanks ahead.

 

Sandra Smith, MPH CHES

800-444-8806  206 -441-7046

www.BeginningsGuides.net

sandras at u.washington.edu

 

From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of David J. Rosen
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 5:43 AM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2034] AMA Medical News Article on Health Literacy

 

Health Literacy Colleagues

 

I would like to call your attention an article, dated June 2, 2008
(interesting dateline) in the American Medical news of the 

AMA . It poses this question:

 

Should physicians adjust the communication level for each patient, or are
comprehension difficulties so common that simpler language should be used
with everyone?

 

Doctors are being urged by some researchers to administer  a short (on
average, just under 3 minutes)  literacy test to their patients to increase
the doctors' health literacy awareness. Others argue that while appropriate
for research,  this does not make sense for clinical practice. They argue
for plain language for all patients. 

 

How many patients are proficient in managing their own medical care? One
recent study found that 

 

only 12% of adults have the skills to proficiently manage their own medical
care.

 

The article mentions that the AMA Foundation will release a report in July
on assessing the country's health literacy.

 

You'll find the article at:

 

HYPERLINK
"http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/06/02/hlsd0602.htm"http://www.ama-ass
n.org/amednews/2008/06/02/hlsd0602.htm

 

 

David J. Rosen

HYPERLINK "mailto:djrosen at comcast.net"djrosen at comcast.net

 





 

 

No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG.
Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1466 - Release Date: 5/25/2008
6:49 PM


No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG. 
Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1469 - Release Date: 5/27/2008
1:25 PM
 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/healthliteracy/attachments/20080527/8f711a40/attachment.html