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To err is human: patient misinterpretations of prescription drug label instructionsMichael S Wolf
Health Literacy and Learning Program, Institute for Healthcare Studies, Division of Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Patient Educ Couns 67:293-300. 2007..To examine the nature and cause of patients' misunderstanding common dosage instructions on prescription drug container labels...
Differences in barriers to mammography between rural and urban womenTerry C Davis
Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 21:748-55. 2012..Few studies have examined differences between rural and urban women in mammography barriers, knowledge, and experiences. Exploring differences can help inform tailored interventions...
FOBT completion in FQHCs: impact of physician recommendation, FOBT information, or receipt of the FOBT kitTerry C Davis
Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, USA
J Rural Health 28:306-11. 2012....- Childhood vaccine risk/benefit communication in private practice office settings: a national surveyT C Davis
Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, USA
Pediatrics 107:E17. 2001..Communication about childhood vaccine risks and benefits has been legally required in pediatric health care for over a decade. However, little is known about the actual practice of vaccine risk/benefit communication... - Vaccine risk/benefit communication: effect of an educational package for public health nursesTerry C Davis
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Department of Pediatrics, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
Health Educ Behav 33:787-801. 2006..39%,p < .01) and were more satisfied with vaccine-risk communication (8.1 vs. 8.9 on a 10-point scale, p < .01). Average vaccine communication time increased from 16 to 22 seconds (p < .01)... - Patient understanding and use of oral contraceptive pills in a southern public health family planning clinicTerry C Davis
Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130 USA
South Med J 99:713-8. 2006..To assess patient understanding and use of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) and determine if these are associated with literacy... - Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labelsTerry C Davis
Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71104, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:847-51. 2006..Adverse events resulting from medication error are a serious concern. Patients' literacy and their ability to understand medication information are increasingly seen as a safety issue... - Approaches to improving health literacy: lessons from the fieldTerry C Davis
Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, USA
J Health Commun 11:551-4. 2006 - Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labelsTerry C Davis
Department of Medicine Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71104, USA
Ann Intern Med 145:887-94. 2006..Health literacy has increasingly been viewed as a patient safety issue and may contribute to medication errors... - Provider and patient intervention to improve weight loss: a pilot study in a public hospital clinicTerry C Davis
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Shreveport, LA 71130, United States
Patient Educ Couns 72:56-62. 2008..To assess the efficacy of a literacy-appropriate weight loss intervention targeting providers and patients in improving physicians' weight loss counseling and patients' self-reported beliefs, and self-efficacy... - Recommendations for effective newborn screening communication: results of focus groups with parents, providers, and expertsTerry C Davis
Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
Pediatrics 117:S326-40. 2006.... - Childhood vaccine risk/benefit communication among public health clinics: a time-motion studyTerry C Davis
Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, 71130, USA
Public Health Nurs 21:228-36. 2004..PHC compliance with mandated VIS distribution and practical vaccine communication was high. Room for improvement exists in discussion of benefits, serious risks, and the VICP... - Improving vaccine risk/benefit communication with an immunization education package: a pilot studyTerry C Davis
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Department of Pediatrics, 71130, USA
Ambul Pediatr 2:193-200. 2002..Parents, however, indicated they want their primary providers to personally tell them about risks/benefits... - Process evaluation in an intervention designed to improve rates of colorectal cancer screening in a VA medical centerMarian L Fitzgibbon
University of Illinois at Chicago, Section of Health Promotion Research, Department of Medicine, IL 60608, USA
Health Promot Pract 8:273-81. 2007..05). The patient intervention did not have the desired impact. The subgroup of patients in the patient intervention was not more likely to complete CRC screening... - Colorectal cancer screening among African-American and white male veteransNancy C Dolan
Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:479-82. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether, at a Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center, similar racial/ethnic differences in colorectal cancer screening could be identified... - Infant hearing screening: stakeholder recommendations for parent-centered communicationConnie L Arnold
Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
Pediatrics 117:S341-54. 2006..The purpose of this study was to identify what stakeholders considered best practices for parent-provider communication regarding newborn hearing screening and diagnosis. We used consensus data to develop educational materials for parents... - Colorectal cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among veterans: does literacy make a difference?Nancy C Dolan
Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, VA Chicago Healthcare System, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Clin Oncol 22:2617-22. 2004..To evaluate whether lower literacy is associated with poorer knowledge and more negative attitudes and beliefs toward colorectal cancer screening among veterans without recent colorectal cancer screening... - Assessment of newborn screening parent education materialsConnie L Arnold
Department of Internal Medicine, Feist Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, USA
Pediatrics 117:S320-5. 2006..The purpose of this study was to measure the readability and user-friendliness (clarity, complexity, organization, appearance, and cultural appropriateness of materials) of parent education brochures on newborn screening... - Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructionsTerry C Davis
Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:57-62. 2009..Patient misunderstanding of instructions on prescription drug labels is common and a likely cause of medication error and less effective treatment... - Tipping the scales: the effect of literacy on obese patients' knowledge and readiness to lose weightEstela M Kennen
Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA
South Med J 98:15-8. 2005..Patient education and counseling for weight loss should be tailored for patients with low literacy skills... - Literacy barriers to colorectal cancer screening in community clinicsConnie L Arnold
Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
J Health Commun 17:252-64. 2012..79); however, multivariate analyses revealed significant differences in FOBT completion by literacy (p = .036). Overall, findings suggest that literacy is a factor in patients' CRC knowledge, beliefs, and confidence in obtaining a FOBT... - Development and validation of the Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine (REALM-Teen): a tool to screen adolescents for below-grade reading in health care settingsTerry C Davis
Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
Pediatrics 118:e1707-14. 2006..CONCLUSION: The REALM-Teen is a brief, reliable instrument for assessing adolescent literacy skills and reading below grade level... - Health literacy and cancer communicationTerry C Davis
Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 52:134-49. 2002..Based on our own experience, we offer practical communication aids that can help bridge the cancer communication gap... - Smoking status, reading level, and knowledge of tobacco effects among low-income pregnant womenC L Arnold
Department of General Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport 71130 3932, USA
Prev Med 32:313-20. 2001..The purpose of this study was to assess reading level, tobacco knowledge, attitudes, and practices of tobacco use among pregnant adult and adolescent women in the public health system in north Louisiana... - Screening for low literacy in a rheumatology setting: more than 10% of patients cannot read "cartilage," "diagnosis," "rheumatologist," or "symptom"Christopher J Swearingen
Biostatistics Section, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
J Clin Rheumatol 16:359-64. 2010.... - Facilitating behavior change with low-literacy patient education materialsHilary K Seligman
Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:S69-78. 2007..To describe a process for developing low-literacy health education materials that increase knowledge and activate patients toward healthier behaviors... - Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with low literacyMichael S Wolf
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 63:1048-55. 2006..The common causes for misunderstanding prescription drug warning labels (PWLs) among adults with low literacy were studied... - Health care provider-directed intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening among veterans: results of a randomized controlled trialM Rosario Ferreira
Veterans Affairs Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Hines, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:1548-54. 2005..Colorectal cancer screening is the most underused cancer screening tool in the United States. The purpose of this study was to test whether a health care provider-directed intervention increased colorectal cancer screening rates... - Literacy, self-efficacy, and HIV medication adherenceMichael S Wolf
Health Literacy and Learning Program HeLP, Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Patient Educ Couns 65:253-60. 2007..We examined the relationship between patient literacy level and self-reported HIV medication adherence, while estimating the mediating roles of treatment knowledge and self-efficacy on this relationship... - Childhood immunization refusal: provider and parent perceptionsDoren D Fredrickson
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas, Wichita, USA
Fam Med 36:431-9. 2004..Strategies for efficient provider-patient communication are needed to address parental concerns about vaccines... - A critical review of FDA-approved Medication GuidesMichael S Wolf
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Division of General Internal Medicine, Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 N St Clair Street, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Patient Educ Couns 62:316-22. 2006..To investigate whether consumer-directed, FDA-approved Medication Guides issued for potentially harmful medications are likely to be useful to patients with limited literacy... - Health literacy: implications for family medicineTerry C Davis
Fam Med 36:595-8. 2004..Further research is required to identify effective interventions that will strengthen the skills and coping strategies of both patients and providers and also prevent and limit poor reading and numeracy ability in the next generation... - A qualitative study of literacy and patient response to HIV medication adherence questionnairesMichael S Wolf
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Dept of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 N St Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Health Commun 10:509-17. 2005..Patients receiving treatment for HIV infection, especially those with limited literacy skills, may find it difficult to respond to existing HIV medication adherence questionnaires... - Social stigma concerns and HIV medication adherenceLance S Rintamaki
Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Veteran Affairs Chicago Healthcare System, Chicago, Illinois, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 20:359-68. 2006.... - Health literacy: an overlooked factor in understanding HIV health disparitiesChandra Y Osborn
Health Literacy and Learning Program, Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 N St Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:374-8. 2007..Limited health literacy may be a contributing factor to racial disparities in health care. This study examined the mediating effect of limited health literacy on the relationship between race and HIV-medication adherence... - Measuring adult literacy in health care: performance of the newest vital signChandra Y Osborn
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:S36-46. 2007..To compare performance of the newest vital sign (NVS) with existing literacy measures... - Editorial: the emerging field of health literacy researchMichael S Wolf
Am J Health Behav 31:S3-5. 2007 - Development of a brief survey on colon cancer screening knowledge and attitudes among veteransMichael S Wolf
Institute for Health Services Research and Policy Studies, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N St Clair St, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 2:A11. 2005..The purpose of this study was to develop a brief assessment tool to evaluate knowledge and attitudes among veterans toward colorectal cancer screening options...
Research Grants
- Health Literacy Intervention and Cancer ScreeningTerry C Davis; Fiscal Year: 2010..The health literacy interventions build off of extensive previous research by the investigators and are grounded in a multi-theoretical model. ..
- Health Literacy Intervention and Cancer ScreeningTerry C Davis; Fiscal Year: 2010..The health literacy interventions build off of extensive previous research by the investigators and are grounded in a multi-theoretical model. ..