Francisco Soto Más|Ming Ji|Brenda O Fuentes|Josefina Tinajero
The Health Literacy and ESL Study: A Community-Based Intervention for Spanish-Speaking Adults
University of New Mexico|University of South Florida|The University of Texas at El Paso|The University of Texas at El Paso
although hispanics documented high risk limited health literacy scarcity research population group particularly hispanic immigrants generally confront language barriers related low health literacy national action plan improve health literacy identified communitybased englishlanguage instruction strategy facilitate health literate society however literature lacks discussion type intervention randomized control trial aimed test feasibility using conventional englishasasecondlanguage esl instruction improving health literacy among spanishspeaking adults objectives included development implementation evaluation health literacyesl curriculum test functional health literacy adults tofhla english used assess health literacy levels analyses included independent sample test chisquare multiple linear regression total 155 people participated results showed significantly higher increase tofhla posttest score intervention group p 01 noticeable differences health literacy levels groups results indicate esl constitutes promising venue improving health literacy among spanishspeaking adults incorporating health literacyrelated content may provide additional benefits