Health Literacy Month - October
Health Literacy Screening Tools
Health Literacy Outloud: 10.28.2104 (HLOL
#124)
OsborneBarryWeiss [ 20:44 | 0.01 MB ] mp3
Barry D Weiss, MD
is a tenured professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at
the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He also is an affiliate
professor of public health in the College of Health Sciences at the University
of Alaska Anchorage. Dr. Weiss has been involved in health literacy and
patient-physician communication for much of his professional career. Among his
many accomplishments, he has written more than 150 journal articles, authored
several books, advised numerous committees and organizations about health
literacy, and developed the health literacy screening tool, the Newest Vital Sign.
In this podcast, Dr. Weiss talks
with Helen Osborne about:
Several well-known health literacy screening
tools including the REALM (Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine),
TOFHLA (Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults), Single Item Health
Literacy Screen, and NVS (the Newest Vital Sign).
~ Reasons to use, and more importantly, not to
use health literacy screening tools in routine clinical settings.
~ Recommendations about communicating effectively
with everyone.
More ways to learn:
~ The Newest Vital Sign, http://www.annfammed.org/content/3/6/514.full.pdf+html
~ Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine, http://library.med.utah.edu/Patient_Ed/workshop/handouts/realm_test.pdf
~ TOFHLA. The whole instrument is available for purchase at http://www.peppercornbooks.com/catalog/information.php?info_id=5.
To find an online
version of the Short TOFHLA, search the term “TOFHLA pdf”.
~ Single Item Health
Literacy Screens, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2324160
Osborne H, “In
Other Words: Screening for Health Literacy Using the Newest Vital Sign,” 2007. On Call Full text at http://www.healthliteracy.com/newest-vital-sign
Read this podcast’s written transcript.
More information about Screening Tools:
Background information and Links for screening tools
13 assessments on this page. Some may be downloaded while others must be
requested
New York State Department of Health AIDS
Institute
Title of Screening Tools
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM)
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine - Revised
(REALM-R)
Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA)
Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults
(S-TOFHLA)
Newest Vital Sign (NVS)
Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action – HIV
Version
Single Item Literacy Screen
How confident are you filling out medical forms by
yourself?
SOS Mnemonic
Description and Average administration time
Measurement of literacy levels
Strengths and Limitations
Location / Availability: Free, Purchase, or Citation
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