Perhaps you can take a random sample of the population (using random digit 
dialing or some other effective method of random sampling) and administer 
the S-TOFHLA, REALM, NVS, or other measure of health literacy.  If random 
sampling is done properly, you should be able to generalize from your 
sample to the population of interest.  Just an idea! 

Best,
Monica

Monica C. Skewes, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Institute on Addictions
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York
1021 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14203
716-887-2242 (phone)
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Matt, if you or whoever replies to you would cc me (or possibly the whole 
list if anyone else is interested), I'd greatly appreciate it. We're 
working on assessing the health literacy of the Medicaid population in a 
specific county in Arkansas, and I'd love to see some examples of this 
kind of survey or other tools. Thanks!
Janet Sorensen
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care

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Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2053] Health Literacy Assessment Survey

Hello All-
  I am health literacy intern this summer at a county health department in 
Missouri.  My first goal is to assess the current health literacy rate of 
the county so we can identify strengths and weaknesses, then prepare an 
implementation plan tailored to best fit the community.  In order to 
assess current health literacy, I proposed that a survey of some sort 
would probably be necessary in order to formulate our initial research.  I 
have been able to thus far find any examples of such a 
survey/questionnaire, and was wondering if anyone had used/created one or 
knew from where I could find one.  I very much appreciate any help with 
this as I prepare to begin the first steps in our new health literacy 
program.  Thank you.
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