Nonadherence produces considerable health consequences and economic burden to patients payers. One approach improve medication nonadherence that has gained interest in recent years is the use of smartphone adherence apps. The development apps increased rapidly since 2012; however, literature evaluating clinical app effectiveness generally lacking.The aims this study were (1) provide an updated evaluation comparison marketplace by assessing features, functionality, literacy (HL)...

The final rule for the protection of human subjects requires that informed consent be "in language understandable to subject" and mandates "the must organized in such a way facilitates comprehension." This study assessed readability Institutional Review Board-approved forms at our institution, implemented an intervention improve forms, measured first year impact intervention.Readability assessment was conducted on sample 217 consents from 2013 2015. A plain template developed again after 1...

Organizational health literacy is the degree to which an organization considers and promotes of patients. Addressing at organizational level has potential have a greater impact on more consumers in system than individual-level approaches.The purpose this study was assess care practices academic center using 10 attributes health-literate organization.Using survey research design, Health Literate Healthcare Organization 10-Item Questionnaire administered online total population sampling....

Purpose: The authors of this article examined the readability audiology- and speech- language pathology-related consumer materials on website American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) reported their findings rela- tive to reading grade-level guidelines recommend- ed by health literacy experts. Method: A search was conducted ASHA web- site find online speech-language content for consumers. listed resources under a home page link titled Information For: Public. each document resource...

The National Institutes of Health recommends readability patient material not exceed sixth-grade level. Our aim was to determine American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) and International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) education documents.Available English- Spanish-language IUGA information leaflets AUGS fact sheets were scored for grade reading Readability assessment performed using Flesch-Kincaid, Simple Measure Gobbledygook, Fry graph formulas English documents. For Spanish documents,...

Institutions are required to ensure that persons involved in human subjects research receive appropriate protections training and education. Several organizations use the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) program fulfill requirements. Most researchers find CITI too complex for community members who collaborate with researchers. This study aimed determine readability of modules most frequently used community-based participatory (CBPR). The mean level is 14.8 grade; CBPR...

We assessed the general knowledge of health literacy and impact limited on patients to society in United States (US) audiologists speech-language pathologists Arkansas.A 10-item survey was completed by 198 professionals students communication sciences disorders Arkansas. The 10-items were divided into one demographic question, six patient-related questions, three systems-related questions.Most aware that can be an obstacle for patients, but they only somewhat or not existing data average US...

The Stoplight Feedback Toolkit was developed to engage patients with low health literacy in qualitative research, overcome known barriers participation, and field test written materials. Three focus groups of were conducted using the methods. Participants inadequate identified data from electronic records at an academic medical center, a validated screening question. recruited by phone script that plain language. total 10 unique patients. In each group, facilitator read materials aloud...

Background: Inadequate health literacy is a national problem that affects about 90 million people from all racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Conceptual empirical models of position language as one most significant contributors to literacy. Objective: A validated Spanish screening question asks how confident patients are at filling out medical forms, but it does not clarify whether forms English or Spanish, contributing ambiguity potentially affecting validity. The purpose this...

Background: Faith-based mental health interventions developed and implemented using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach hold promise for reaching rural African Americans addressing disparities. Objectives: To describe the development, challenges, lessons learned from Trinity Life Management, faith-based stress management intervention in American faith community. Methods: The researchers used CBPR by partnering with community to develop intervention. Development...

Although approximately one-third of patients in the United States have low health literacy,1 physicians continue to use jargon that is difficult for understand.2–4 Little known about why complex medical terms when talking with their patients, spite patient-centered recommendations plain language.5,6 In this perspective, we consider roles professional identity development and specialized language development—a as medicalese—in approaches teaching residents "code-switch" between medicalese...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic forced researchers to modify recruitment strategies meet accrual goals for qualitative studies. Traditional methods of in-person recruiting and using paper marketing material were eliminated almost overnight at the onset pandemic. Researchers quickly adapted their strategies, but had shift local, efforts solely online platforms. shifting accompanied with unexpected challenges, we able our goal focus groups. Objectives objective this brief report is explore...