Deborah L. Helitzer|Christine Hollis|Jane Cotner|Nancy Oestreicher
Health Literacy Demands of Written Health Information Materials: An Assessment of Cervical Cancer Prevention Materials
University of New Mexico|University of New Mexico|University of New Mexico|University of New Mexico
health literacy requires reading writing skills well knowledge health topics health systems materials written high reading levels ambiguous technical dense text often place great comprehension demands consumers lower literacy skills study developed used instrument analyze cervical cancer prevention materials readability comprehensibility suitability message designthe suitability assessment materials sam amended ease use inclusivity objectivity encouragement original developers novel contributions specifically related comprehensibility cam resulting sam cam used score 69 materials content literacy demand numeric literacy graphics layouttypography learning stimulation variables expert reviewers provided content validation interrater reliability substantial kappa 77the mean reading level materials 11th grade materials 68 scored adequate comprehensibility suitability message design health education brochures scored better materials onefifth ranked superior ease use comprehensibilitymost written materials readability level high require improvement ease use comprehensibility majority readers