Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id UAA26357; Sun, 28 Mar 1999 20:57:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 20:57:39 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199903290202.VAA25186@oxford.megalink.net> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "The Cornwell's" <cornwell@megalink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:58] literacy screening X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Status: OR Lynn, I've been thinking about your request for a simple literacy screening tool and it occurs to me that you probably already have one. Almost every time I go to my health center they ask me to fill out this long questionnaire about my health insurance and history. I'm sure all patients react to this form in varying ways. Some of the flags that may signal inadequate literacy skills are: a patient who consistently hands the form to a friend or family member to fill out a patient who consistently asks for help because s/he forgot her/his glasses or injured the writing hand illegible or inappropriate answers on the form a patient who becomes belligerent when asked to fill out forms. (I came here to see a doctor, not to do your paperwork!) a patient who gratefully accepts an offer of help in filling out the form Of course, people with highly developed literacy skills have been known to leave their reading glasses at home or to hate filling out forms so none of those indicators can be taken as a sure-fire clue to limited literacy. I think you could add that information to personal knowledge of the patient (assuming this is a long-term relationship) and come up with a rough idea. Any other thoughts out there? Betsy Cornwell Northern Oxford County Even Start cornwell@megalink.net
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