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Relevant Publications

HEALTH LITERACY

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.  ACOG Committee Opinion No. 391, December 2007. Health literacy.  Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Dec;110(6):1489-91.

Bevan J, Pecchioni L.  Understanding the impact of family caregiver cancer literacy on patient health outcomes.  Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Mar 25; [Epub ahead of print]

Chang C.  Increasing mental health literacy via narrative advertising.  J Health Commun. 2008 Jan-Feb;13(1):37-55.

Cho Y, Lee S, Arozullah A, Crittenden K.  Effects of health literacy on health status and health service utilization amongst the elderly. Soc Sci Med. 2008 Apr;66(8):1809-16.

Farrell T, Chandran R, Gramling R.  Understanding the role of shame in the clinical assessment of health literacy.  Fam Med. 2008 Apr;40(4):235.

Hironaka L, Paasche-Orlow M. The implications of health literacy on patient-provider communication. Arch Dis Child. 2007 Oct 4;[Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17916588.

Hironaka L, Paasche-Orlow M. The implications of health literacy on patient-provider communication. Arch Dis Child. 2008 May;93(5):428-32.

Holmes M, Bacon T, Dobson L, et al. Addressing health literacy through improved patient-practitioner communication. N C Med J. 2007;68(5):319-26. Review.

Jotkowitz A, Porath A.  Health literacy, access to care and outcomes of care.  Am J Bioeth. 2007 Nov;7(11):25-7; discussion W1-2.

Kreps G, Sparks L.  Meeting the health literacy needs of immigrant populations.  Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Apr 1; [Epub ahead of print]

Lehna C, McNeil J.   Mixed-methods exploration of parents' health information understanding.  Clin Nurs Res. 2008 May;17(2):133-44.

Lloyd L, Ammary N, Epstein L, et al. A transdisciplinary approach to improve health literacy and reduce disparities. Health Promot Pract. 2006;3:331-5.

Nielson-Bohlman L, Panzer A, Kindig D (eds.), Committee on Health Literacy, Institute of Medicine. Health literacy: a prescription to end confusion. National Academies Press; 2004.

Osborn C, Paasche-Orlow M, Davis T, Wolf M. Health literacy: an overlooked factor in understanding HIV health disparities. Am J Prev Med. 2007;33(5):374-8.

Paasche-Orlow M, Wolf M.  Evidence does not support clinical screening of literacy.  J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jan;23(1):100-2. Epub 2007 Nov 9.

Pleasant A, Kuruvilla S.  A tale of two health literacies: public health and clinical approaches to health literacy.  Health Promot Int. 2008 Jan 25; [Epub ahead of print]

Schlichting J, Quinn M, Heuer L, et. al.  Provider perceptions of limited health literacy in community health centers.  Patient Educ Couns. 2007 Dec;69(1-3):114-20.

Shaw S, Huebner C, Armin J, et. al.  The Role of Culture in Health Literacy and Chronic Disease Screening and Management.  J Immigr Minor Health. 2008 Apr 1; [Epub ahead of print]

Sparks L, Nussbaum J.  Health literacy and cancer communication with older adults.  Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Mar 26; [Epub ahead of print]

White S, Chen J, Atchison R. Relationship of preventive health practices and health literacy: a national study. Am J Health Behav. 2008 May-Jun;32(3):227-42.

Wolf M, Williams M, Parker R, et. al.  Patients' shame and attitudes toward discussing the results of literacy screening.  J Health Commun. 2007 Dec;12(8):721-32.

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