Prepared by:
RTI International-University of North Carolina Evidence-Based Practice Center
Research Triangle Park, NC
Investigators
Nancy D. Berkman, Ph.D.
Darren A. DeWalt, M.D.
Michael P. Pignone, M.D., M.P.H.
Stacey L. Sheridan, M.D., M.P.H.
Kathleen N. Lohr, Ph.D.
Linda Lux, M.P.A.
Sonya F. Sutton, B.S.P.H.
Tammeka Swinson, B.A.
Arthur J. Bonito, Ph.D.
File Name Description Software Version File Size ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01report.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 1.3MB 111 pages Contents: Title Page, Preface, Structured Abstract, Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction: Burden of the Problem, Literacy and Health Literacy, Literacy and Vulnerable Populations, Analyzing the Relationship Between Reading Ability and Health Outcomes, Readability, Production of This Evidence Report, Table 1. Instruments commonly used to assess the relationship between literacy and health, Table 2. Correlations between common health literacy assessment tools; Chapter 2. Methods: Key Questions and Analytic Framework, Literature Review Methods, Literature Synthesis, Peer Review Process, Figure 1. Analytic framework, Table 3. Health literacy literature searches: Inclusion and exclusion criteria, Table 4. Health literacy search strategy, yield, and final count of articles; Chapter 3. Results: Results of Literature Search, Key Question 1: Relationship of Literacy to Various Outcomes and Disparities, Key Question 2: Interventions for People With Low Literacy, Figure 2. Cumulative number of articles addressing KQ 1 and KQ 2 by year of publication, Table 5. Summary of studies of relationship between health services, outcomes, costs, or disparities and literacy (KQ 1), Table 6. Summary of studies of interventions to improve health-related outcomes in low-literacy populations (KQ 2), Table 7. Measurement tools and criteria used to measure literacy in KQ 1 articles, Table 8. Studies of knowledge or comprehension of health service use (KQ 1a), Table 9. Studies of knowledge or comprehension of health outcomes (KQ 1b), Table 10. Studies of the relationship between literacy and depression (KQ 1b), Table 11. Studies of the relationship between literacy and global health status (KQ 1b), Table 12. Measurement tools and criteria used to measure literacy in KQ 2 articles; Chapter 4. Discussion: Overview, Principal Findings, Limitations of This Review and the Literature, Future Research, Conclusion, Table 13. Overall strength of the evidence for this body of literature; References and Included Studies, Listing of Excluded Studies ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 40KB 8 pages Contents: Appendix A. Exact Search Strings ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 49KB 4 pages Contents: Appendix B. Quality Rating Form ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04appc.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 1.1MB 157 pages Contents: Appendix C. Evidence Tables: Key Questions, Information in Evidence Tables, Grading the Quality of Individual Studies, Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Evidence Tables; Evidence Table 1: Key Question 1, Evidence Table 2: Key Question 2; References ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05appd.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 39KB 3 pages Contents: Appendix D. Acknowledgments ________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 04-E007-2
Current as of January 2004
Internet Citation:
Literacy and Health Outcomes. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 87. AHRQ Publication No. 04-E007-2, January 2004. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/litinv.htm
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