Research Findings
Health Literacy
Articles of Interest Alert, February 10, 2012:
New federal policy initiatives to boost health literacy can help the nation move beyond the cycle of costly 'crisis care'
Articles of Interest Alert, February 3, 2012:
Accuracy of data entry of patient race/ethnicity/ancestry and preferred spoken language in an ambulatory care setting
Health literacy: why is it important?
Articles of Interest Alert, January 27, 2012:
Attributes of a health literate organization
Articles of Interest Alert, December 9, 2011:
Communication strategies to improve HIV treatment adherence
Low health literacy
Articles of Interest Alert, December 2, 2011:
Health literacy and depression in the context of home visitation
Articles of Interest Alert, November 18, 2011:
Expert communication training for providers in community health centers
Articles of Interest Alert, October 28, 2011:
How to get patients to ask—and doctors to listen. When patients ask questions, their health improves
Internet health information seeking behavior and antiretroviral adherence in persons living with HIV/AIDS
Patient-centred communication: a sophisticated procedure
Culturally sensitive collaborative care models: exploration of a community-based health center
Does your patient really understand? Cut jargon, ask direct questions, simplify signage among the ways to aid communication—and care
Bridging the digital divide in health care: the role of health information technology in addressing racial and ethnic disparities
Articles of Interest Alert, October 7, 2011:
Development and validation of a Spanish diabetes-specific numeracy measure: DNT-15 Latino
Articles of Interest Alert, September 16, 2011:
Caring for patients with limited health literacy: a 76-year-old man with multiple medical problems
Articles of Interest Alert, July 29, 2011:
Critical health literacy: A review and critical analysis
Articles of Interest Alert, June 3, 2011:
Effectiveness of a Web-based colorectal cancer screening patient decision aid: a randomized controlled trial in a mixed-literacy population
Articles of Interest Alert, May 20, 2011:
Health literacy: critical opportunities for social work leadership in health care and research
Articles of Interest Alert, April 1, 2011:
Critical appraisal of health literacy indices revealed variable underlying constructs, narrow content and psychometric weaknesses
Articles of Interest Alert, March 19, 2010:
Health literacy instrument in family medicine: the "newest vital sign" ease of use and correlates
Articles of Interest Alert, March 12, 2010:
Consumer and health literacy: The need to better design tobacco-cessation product packaging, labels, and inserts
Articles of Interest Alert, March 5, 2010:
Have you thought about your patients' health literacy today?
Decision-making role preferences among patients with HIV: associations with patient and provider characteristics and communication behaviors
Results of the Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) study: an analysis of medication reconciliation errors and risk factors at hospital admission
Caregiving and chronic care: the guided care program for families and friends
Articles of Interest Alert, February 19, 2010:
Health literacy in the context of HIV treatment: introducing the Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action
Articles of Interest Alert, February 12, 2010:
The impact of health literacy on self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with diabetes receiving care in an inner-city hospital
Articles of Interest Alert, January 29, 2010:
The challenge of shared decision making among patients with lower literacy: a framework for research and development
Articles of Interest Alert, December 11, 2009:
The role of culture in health literacy and chronic disease screening and management
Articles of Interest Alert, December 4, 2009:
The impact of patients' participation on physicians' patient-centered communication
Health literacy rates in a sample of active duty military personnel
Articles of Interest Alert, November 13, 2009:
Health literacy and children: recommendations for action
Introduction: Child health disparities and health literacy
Health literacy and child health outcomes: a systematic review of the literature
Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient safety
Literacy and learning in health care
The health literacy of parents in the United States: a nationally representative study
Articles of Interest Alert, September 11, 2009:
An evaluation of the relationship between the implementation of a newly designed prescription drug label at target pharmacies and health outcomes
Articles of Interest Alert, April 18, 2008:
Association between cancer risk perception and screening behavior among diverse women
Language and regional differences in evaluations of Medicare managed care by Hispanics
Articles of Interest Alert, October 26, 2007:
Health literacy: An overlooked factor in understanding HIV health disparities
Articles of Interest Alert, November 24, 2006:
When do older adults turn to the Internet for health information? Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Do content and format affect older consumers use of comparative information in a Medicare health plan choice? Results from a controlled experiment
Articles of Interest Alert, November 17, 2006:
Cancer communication patterns and the influence of patient characteristics: disparities in information-giving and affective behaviors
Health literacy is a predictor of HIV/AIDS knowledge
Articles of Interest Alert, February 10, 2006:
Public education and cancer control
Articles of Interest Alert, February 3, 2006:
Women's views of prenatal violence screening: acceptability and confidentiality issues
Literacy and knowledge, attitudes, and behavior about colorectal cancer screening
Articles of Interest Alert, January 6, 2006:
The value of experience: differences in knowledge among Medicare beneficiaries
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Cultural and Linguistic Competency
Articles of Interest Alert, February 3, 2011:
Accuracy of data entry of patient race/ethnicity/ancestry and preferred spoken language in an ambulatory care setting
Articles of Interest Alert, January 27, 2011:
Understanding ethnic and other socio-demographic differences in patient experience of primary care: evidence from the English General Practice Patient Survey
Articles of Interest Alert, January 6, 2012:
A will without a way: barriers and facilitators to exercise during pregnancy of low-income African American women
Articles of Interest Alert, December 30, 2011:
Collection of language data and services provided by health plans
Articles of Interest Alert, December 9, 2011:
Adapting the everyday discrimination scale to medical settings: reliability and validity testing in a sample of African American patients
Articles of Interest Alert, December 2, 2011:
Community health workers can be a public health force for change in the United States: three actions for a new paradigm
Interprofessional education about decision support for patients across cultures
Language services in hospitals: discordance in availability and staff use
Transforming the delivery of care in the post-health reform era: what role will community health workers play
Articles of Interest Alert, November 18, 2011:
A multilevel assessment of barriers to adoption of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) among African Americans of low socioeconomic status
Medical home disparities for Latino children by parental language of interview
Perceptions of coercion, discrimination and other negative experiences in postpartum contraceptive counseling for low-income minority women
Articles of Interest Alert, November 11, 2011:
Using a mixed-methods approach to identify health concerns in an African American community
Articles of Interest Alert, November 4, 2011:
Attention to inpatients' religious and spiritual concerns: predictors and association with patient satisfaction
Cultural, economic, and psychological predictors of colonoscopy in a national sample
Health technology assessment-based development of a Spanish breast cancer patient decision aid
Articles of Interest Alert, October 28, 2011:
Health information technology and the collection of race, ethnicity, and language data to reduce disparities in quality of care
Articles of Interest Alert, October 14, 2011:
Adherence to physician recommendation to colorectal cancer screening colonoscopy among Hispanics
Patient-reported racial/ethnic healthcare provider discrimination and medication intensification in the Diabetes Study of Northern California
Articles of Interest Alert, October 7, 2011:
Raising low 'patient activation' rates among Hispanic immigrants may equal expanded coverage in reducing access disparities
Articles of Interest Alert, September 23, 2011:
Role-reversal exercise with Deaf Strong Hospital to teach communication competency and cultural awareness
Articles of Interest Alert, August 26, 2011:
Transcreation of validated smoking relapse-prevention booklets for use with Hispanic populations
Articles of Interest Alert, July 15, 2011:
Patient-physician language concordance and primary care screening among Spanish-speaking patients
Community health workers then and now: an overview of national studies aimed at defining the field
Articles of Interest Alert, July 8, 2011:
Impact of communication on preventive services among deaf American Sign Language users
Articles of Interest Alert, July 1, 2011:
Patient-provider communication differs for black compared to white HIV-infected patients
Articles of Interest Alert, May 13, 2011:
Racial/ethnic disparities in primary care: the role of physician-patient concordance
Articles of Interest Alert, May 6, 2011:
Delayed or forgone care and dissatisfaction with care for children with special health care needs: the role of perceived cultural competency of health care providers
Do physicians with self-reported non-English fluency practice in linguistically disadvantaged communities?
Articles of Interest Alert, April 8, 2011:
Adaptation of the FLU-FOBT program for a primary care clinic serving a low-income Chinese American community: new evidence of effectiveness
Articles of Interest Alert, April 1, 2011:
Continuity of care and colorectal cancer screening by Vietnamese American patients
Articles of Interest Alert, March 11, 2011:
Does cultural competency training of health professionals improve patient outcomes? A systematic review and proposed algorithm for future research
Validation of self-reported health literacy questions among diverse English and Spanish-speaking populations
Articles of Interest Alert, March 4, 2011:
Influence of language barriers on outcomes of hospital care for general medicine inpatients
Articles of Interest Alert, February 11, 2011:
Patient-provider language concordance and colorectal cancer screening
Language barriers, physician-patient language concordance, and glycemic control among insured Latinos with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
Patient navigation to increase mammography screening among inner city women
Articles of Interest Alert, January 21, 2011:
Culturally appropriate storytelling to improve blood pressure: a randomized trial
Articles of Interest Alert, March 19, 2010:
Community-driven approaches for reducing health disparities in cancer
Articles of Interest Alert, March 12, 2010:
Patient and family involvement in contemporary health care
Articles of Interest Alert, March 5, 2010:
Patient and physician beliefs about control over health: association of symmetrical beliefs with medication regimen adherence
Perspectives of non-Hispanic Black and Latino patients in Boston's urban community health centers on their experiences with diabetes and hypertension
Collection of data on patients' race and ethnic group by physician practices
The association of provider communication with trust among adults with sickle cell disease
Articles of Interest Alert, February 26, 2010:
Can incentives to improve quality reduce disparities?
Use of interpreters by physicians treating limited English proficient women with breast cancer: results from the provider survey of the Los Angeles Women's Health Study
Has pay-for-performance decreased access for minority patients?
Articles of Interest Alert, February 12, 2010:
Not the model minority: how to address disparities in Asian American health care
Articles of Interest Alert, January 29, 2010:
Asthma care quality for children with minority-serving providers
Articles of Interest Alert, January 8, 2010:
Cultural competency training and performance reports to improve diabetes care for black patients: a cluster randomized, controlled trial
Role of acculturation research in advancing science and practice in reducing health care disparities among Latinos
Articles of Interest Alert, December 11, 2009:
Impact of interpreters on the receipt of new prescription medication information among Spanish-speaking Latinos
Improving asthma outcomes in minority children: a randomized, controlled trial of parent mentors
Improving the provision of language services at an academic medical center: ensuring high-quality health communication for limited-English-proficient patients
Articles of Interest Alert, October 9, 2009:
Community demographics and access to health care among U.S. Hispanics
Articles of Interest Alert, October 2, 2009:
Examining Latin differences in mental healthcare use: the roles of acculturation and attitudes towards healthcare
Articles of Interest Alert, September 25, 2009:
The role of culture in the context of school-based BMI screening
Articles of Interest Alert, September 4, 2009:
Implementation of culturally and linguistically competent policies by state Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) programs
Articles of Interest Alert, September 12, 2008:
Factors affecting enrollment in literacy studies for English- and Spanish-speaking cancer patients
Articles of Interest Alert, March 28, 2008:
Provider and clinic cultural competence in a primary care setting
Articles of Interest Alert, November 10, 2006:
Overview of qualitative methods in research with diverse populations: making research reflect the population
Using cognitive interviews to develop surveys in diverse populations
Articles of Interest Alert, October 6, 2006:
A prescription for cultural competence in medical education
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