Thomas Shaw
Uncovering health literacy: Developing a remotely administered questionnaire for determining health literacy levels in health disparate populations
University of South Alabama
low health literacy contributes health disparities sought develop evaluate remotely administered tool measure health literacy health disparate populations basic research design involved asking remotely administered questions conjunction existing valid measure health literacy stofhla nonrepresentative convenience sample individuals drawn lower income communities measures remotely administered questions correlated results stofhla determine connection two measures found statistically significant correlation single question remotely administered survey validated stofhla measure research supports previous work points importance single remotely administered question terms correspondence stofhladevelop questionnaire remotely administered check health literacycorrelation analysis conducted various questions stofhla scores determine criterion validitya single question confident filling medical forms outperforms measures correlating stofhla scoresfurther assessment confidence question isolation conjunction literacy identifiers conducted also question tested measures health literacy beyond stofhla