Sandra and others,

On May 27, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Sandra Smith wrote:

> Please share the   citation for the study showing 12% have English  

> proficiency to manage their own care. Thanks ahead.

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The Web page with the AHRQ article about this study will be found at

http://www.ahrq.gov/news/nn/nn051408.htm


David J. Rosen
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> Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2034] AMA Medical News Article on Health  

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> Health Literacy Colleagues

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> I would like to call your attention an article, dated June 2, 2008  

> (interesting dateline) in the American Medical news of the

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> AMA . It poses this question:

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> Should physicians adjust the communication level for each patient,  

> or are comprehension difficulties so common that simpler language  

> should be used with everyone?

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> 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.

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> How many patients are proficient in managing their own medical  

> care? One recent study found that

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> only 12% of adults have the skills to proficiently manage their own  

> medical care.

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> The article mentions that the AMA Foundation will release a report  

> in July  on assessing the country's health literacy.

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> You'll find the article at:

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> http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/06/02/hlsd0602.htm

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> David J. Rosen

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