I can't help you but what you're doing sounds interesting. Please share
your results! 

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Julie McKinney
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 9:53 AM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy] Looking for Validated Tool for Masters
ThesisResearch

Hi All, 

I'm passing this on from Pamela Reichel:

Dear List Serve Members:

I am working on designing my final project for my Master's degree and
want to do it on health literacy.  What I'd like to do is take a list of
commonly used words in health settings (one's that health professionals
seem to assume everyone knows) and ask folks in the community to define
them.  What I'm trying to find is a validated tool to do this.  My
hypothesis is that the general public does not understand words commonly
used in healthcare settings (I think the folks here all agree on this,
but I want to prove it) and if the project bears that hypothesis out- to
present to health professionals how all patients need clear, easy to
understand patient education and health information. 

Do any of you know of a tool like this or anyone else doing similar
research?  I'd appreciate any help you can offer.  Thanks!!

 

Pamela M. Reichel

Community Health Education Manager

Good Samaritan Hospital

2222 Philadelphia Dr., Dayton, Ohio 45406

Phone: (937) 278-6251, ext. 5220 or 5225

Fax: (937) 276-8244

Beeper (937) 636- 5713

E-mail: preichel at shp-dayton.org

Web site: www.goodsamdayton.org

 

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