Vanessa Ramirez?Zohfeld|Alfred Rademaker|Nancy C. Dolan|Manuel Pedro Ramalho Ferreira|Milton Eder|Dachao Liu|Michael S. Wolf|Kenzie A. Cameron
Comparing the Performance of the S-TOFHLA and NVS Among and Between English and Spanish Speakers
Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation|Northwestern University|Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation|Northwestern University|Jesse Brown VA Medical Center|Access Community Health Network|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University
given growing body evidence demonstrating significant implications health literacy myriad outcomes researchers continue incorporate health literacy metrics studies proliferation measurement health literacy research become increasingly important understand various health literacy tools perform specific populations objective compare performance two widely used tests short test functional health literacy adults stofhla newest vital sign nvs among sample english spanishspeaking patients adults n 402 ages 5075 years participating trial promote colorectal cancer screening completed inperson interviews included measures health literacy full sample tests moderately correlated r 069 p 0001 however stronger correlation among completing test spanish r 083 compared english r 058 p 0001 english speakers often categorized adequate literacy stofhla compared nvs whereas spanish speakers scored consistently low instruments findings indicate categorization participants levels literacy likely vary depending whether nvs stofhla used assessment factor researchers aware selecting literacy assessments