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[HealthLiteracy 2046] Re: AMA Medical News Article on Health Literacy
David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.netThu May 29 21:15:47 EDT 2008
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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
djrosen at comcast.net
> From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:healthliteracy-
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> Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2034] AMA Medical News Article on Health
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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
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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
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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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