Allison Squires|H. Shonna Yin|Simon Jones|Sherry A. Greenberg|Ronnie Moore|Tara Cortes
Validating the Health Literacy Promotion Practices Assessment Instrument
health care professionals address health literacy part providerclient relationship important prevention promoting selfmanagement symptom management research usually focuses patients health literacy fails examine provider practices thus leaving gap literature patient outcomes analysesthe study tested reliability validity series questions developed evaluate health care provider health literacy promotion practices interprofessional samplethis exploratory crosssectional study took place 2013 2015 participants included graduate level health professions students nursing midwifery medicine pharmacy social work exploratory factor analyses varimax rotation examined reliability validity instrument measure health literacy promotion practicesof participants programs 198 completed health literacy questions online survey exploratory factor analysis showed questions loaded two factors connected either individual organizational characteristics facilitated health literacy promotion practices cronbachs alpha instrument 095this study helped determine reliability validity items measures providers health literacy practices future research help establish stability instrument measure increase potential reliability linking provider practices health literacy sensitive client outcomes testing instrument separately concurrently health profession recommended instrument stability across professional roles established health literacy research practice 201714e239e246we sought develop survey instrument people could use assess health care providers help patients understand health better getting responses 198 health care providers ran statistical tests check quality questions measuring provider practices found questions good evaluating provider practices around promoting patient understanding health issues