Quick Assessment of Literacy in Primary Care: The Newest Vital Sign
B. D. Weiss
Abstract
PURPOSE Current health literacy screening instruments for health care settings are either too long for routine use or available only in English. Our objective was to develop a quick and accurate screening test for limited literacy available in English and Spanish.
Topics & Concepts
Sign (mathematics)Primary careLiteracyMedicinePsychologyFamily medicinePedagogyMathematicsMathematical analysisChild and Adolescent HealthText Readability and Simplification