healthe literacy and cultural competence in healthcare

Question 1

– adults with the ability to read, write and comprehend information at 5th-8th grade level

Answer 1

low literacy

Question 2

adults who lack the basic reading, writing, and comprehension skills that are needed to operate effectively in today’s society

Answer 2

functional literacy

Question 3

the degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, communicate, process and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions

Answer 3

health literacy

Question 4

the ability to seek, find, understand and appraise health information from electronic sources and apply the knowledge gained to addressing or solving health problems

Answer 4

e-health literacy

Question 5

readability does not mean they can

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comprehend it

Question 6

patients have the RIGHT to receive complete and current information regarding their diagnoses, treatments and prognoses in terms they can UNDERSTAND

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patient’s bill of rights (federally mandated)

Question 7

5th grade – college level
Uses average sentence length (in words) and average word length (measure in syllables).

Answer 7

flesch-kincaid scale

Question 8

4th grade – college level
Uses average sentence length and percentage of multisyllabic words in a 100 word passage

Answer 8

fog index

Question 9

1st grade – college level
Uses number of syllables and number of sentences in 3 100-word selections

Answer 9

fry readability graph- extended

Question 10

EASY, HIGH VALIDITY
4th grade – college level
Uses number of multisyllabic words

Answer 10

SMOG formula

Question 11

specifically recommended for assessment of understanding of health education materials
60% or > = sufficient comprehension
40-59% = moderate level of difficulty
<40% = material is too difficult and should not be used for patient education

Answer 11

cloze test

Question 12

90% or > — material is EASY for patient
75-89% — material is appropriate for patient
<75% — material is too DIFFICULT

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listening test

Question 13

– word recognition/pronunciation
total # or words - total # words missed/not tried = raw score. (compare to standard chart)

Answer 13

WRAT

Question 14

measures patient’s ability to read medical/health related vocabulary. Score given as a grade level

Answer 14

REALM

Question 15

tests reading comprehension and numeracy

Answer 15

TOFHLA