Keirin Nakadai, Junichi Kasamaki, Honoka Maruta
[Development of a Comprehensive Health Literacy Scale and Relationship between Health Literacy and Health-Related Behaviors among Japanese Workers]
Nihon eiseigaku zasshi. Japanese journal of hygiene
clinicians address wide range oral language skills working schoolage students language literacy difficulties llds therefore critical need carefully designed rigorously tested multicomponent contextualized language interventions clis high likelihood successful implementation measurable academic impacts clinical focus article summarizes development testing cli entitled supporting knowledge language literacy skill supplementary narrative intervention program elementary schoolage children aims review foundational theoretical models foundation skill b describe iterative process used develop phases lessons procedures materials progress monitoring tool c summarize recent findings randomized controlled trial conducted test efficacy discuss factors may contribute successful implementation multicomponent language interventions total 357 students grades 14 llds randomized treatment group businessasusual control group treatment group received skill curriculum small groups 30min lessons trained speechlanguage pathologists teachers special educators students received skill significantly outperformed oral written measures storytelling comprehension immediately treatment 5months followup gains similar among students different levels language ability atrisk language impaired language status monolingual bilingual pretest growing support use multicomponent clis bring educationally relevant outcomes students llds authors present review skill designed manualized rigorously tested team researchers practitioners hope approach serve springboard development future multicomponent clis may meaningfully improve communicative educational outcomes students llds