Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 87

Literacy and Health Outcomes

File Inventory


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
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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
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02appa.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	40KB	8 pages
Contents: Appendix A. Exact Search Strings
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03appb.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	49KB	4 pages
Contents: Appendix B. Quality Rating Form
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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
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05appd.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	2002	39KB	3 pages
Contents: Appendix D. Acknowledgments
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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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