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Selected Research Bibliography

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON HEALTH LITERACY
AND CLEAR HEALTH COMMUNICATION

The following published studies and articles have been selected as an overview of research available on the topic of health literacy and clear health communication.  Pfizer's Clear health Communication Initiative does not make any representation as to the accuracy of the studies or articles.

2007

  1. Ryan JG, Leguen F, Weiss BD, Albury S, Jennings T, Velez F, Salibi N. Will patients agree to have their literacy skills assessed in clinical practice? Health Education Research. 2007 Sept 22.

2006

  1. Carmona RH. Health Literacy: A National Priority. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):803.
  2. Kripalani S, Paache-Orlow MK, Parker RM, Saha S. Advancing the Field of Health Literacy. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):804-5.
  3. Sudore RL, Yaffee K, Satterfield S, Harris TB, Mehta KM, Simonsick EM, Newman AB, Rosano C, Rooks R, Rubin SM, Ayonayon HN, Schillinger D. Limited Literacy and Mortality in the Elderly: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):806-12.
  4. Mancuso CA, Rincon M. Impact of Health Literacy on Longitudinal Asthma Outcomes. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):813-17.
  5. Lincoln A, Paasche-Orlow MK, Paasche-Orlow MK, Cheng DM, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Caruso C, Saitz R, Samet JH. Impact of Health Literacy on Depressive Symptoms and Mental Health-related Quality of Life Among Adults with Addiction. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):818-22.
  6. Weiss BD, Francis L, Senf JF, Heist K, Hargraves R. Literacy Education as Treatment for Depression in Patients with Limited Literacy and Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):823-8.
  7. Lindau ST, Anirban B, Leitsch SA. Health Literacy as a Predictor of Follow-Up After an Abnormal Pap Smear: A Prospective Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):829-34.
  8. Paasche-Orlow MK, Cheng DM, Palepu A, Meli S, Faber V, Samet JH. Health Literacy, Antiretroviral Adherence, and HIV-RNA Suppression: A Longitudinal Perspective. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):835-40.
  9. Fang MC, Machtinger EL, Wang F, Schillinger D. Health Literacy and Anticoagulation-related Outcomes Among Patients Taking Warfarin. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):841-6.
  10. Davis TC, Wolf MS, Bass III PF, Middlebrooks M, Kennen E, Baker DW, Bennett CL, Durazo-Arvizu R, Bocchini A, Savory S, Parker RM. Low Literacy Impairs Comprehension of Prescription Drug Warning Labels. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):847-51.
  11. Kripalani S, Henderson LE, Chiu EY, Robertson R, Kolm P, Jacobson TA. Predictors of Medication Self-management Skill in a Low-literacy Population. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):852-6.
  12. Howard DH, Sentell TL, Gazmararian JA. Impact of Health Literacy on Socioeconomic and Racial Differences in Health in an Elderly Population. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):857-61.
  13. Sentell TL, Halpin HA. Importance of Adult Literacy in Understanding Health Disparities. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):862-6.
  14. Sudore RL, Landefeld CS, Williams BA, Barnes DE, Lindquist K, Schillinger D. Use of a Modified Informed Consent Process Among Vulnerable Patients: A Descriptive Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):867-73.
  15. Wallace LS, Rogers ES, Roskos SE, Holiday DB, Weiss BD. Brief Report: Screening Items to Identify Patients with Limited Health Literacy Skills. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):874-7.
  16. Baker DW. The Meaning and the Measure of Health Literacy. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):878-83.
  17. Paasche-Orlow MK, Schillinger D, Greene SM, Wagner EH. How Health Care Systems Can Begin to Address the Challenge of Limited Literacy. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):884-7.
  18. Kripalani S, Weiss BD. Teaching About Health Literacy and Clear Communication. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):888-90.
  19. Parker RM, Kindig DA. Beyond the Institute of Medicine Health Literacy Report: Are the Recommendations Being Taken Seriously? Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):891-2.
  20. Saha S. Improving Literacy as a Means to Reducing Health Disparities (Editorial). Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):893-5.
  21. Pignone MP, DeWalt DA. Literacy and Health Outcomes: Is Adherence the Missing Link? (Editorial). Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):896-7.
  22. Sugarman J, Paasche-Orlow M. Confirming Comprehension of Informed Consent as a Protection of Human Subjects (Editorial). Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006;21(8):898-9.
  23. Mancuso CA, Rincon M. Asthma patients' assessments of health care and medical decision making: the role of health literacy. Journal of Asthma. 2006;43(1):41-4.
  24. Wallace L. Patients' health literacy skills: the missing demographic variable in primary care research. Annals of Family Medicine. 2006;4(1):85-6.

2005

  1. Barragan M, Hicks G, Williams MV, Franco-Paredes C, Duffus W, del Rio C. Low health literacy is associated with HIV test acceptance. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005;20:422-5.
  2. Carmona, RH. Improving Americans' health literacy. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2005;105:1345.
  3. Gazmararian JA, Curran JW, Parker RM, Bernhardt JM, DeBuono BA. Public Health Literacy in America: An Ethical Imperative. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2005;28:317-22.
  4. Golbeck AL, Ahlers-Schmidt CR, Paschal AM, Dismuke SE. A definition and operational framework for health numeracy. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2005;29(4): 375-6.
  5. Howard DH, Gazmararian J, Parker RM. The impact of low health literacy on the medical costs of Medicare managed care enrollees. American Journal of Medicine. 2005;118:371-7.
  6. McCray AT. Promoting health literacy. Journal of American Medical Informatics Association. 2005;12:152-63.
  7. Montori VM, Rothman RL. Weakness in Numbers. The Challenge of Numeracy in Health Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005;20:1071-1072.        
  8. Nelson JC, Schwartzberg JG, Vergara KC. The public's and the patient's right to know: AMA commentary on Public Health Literacy in America: An Ethical Imperative. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2005;28:325-6.
  9. Paasche-Orlow MK, Riekert KA, Bilderback A, Chanmugam A, Hill P, Rand CS, Brancati FL, Krishnan JA. Tailored education may reduce health literacy disparities in asthma self-management. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2005;172:980-6.
  10. Paasche-Orlow MK, Parker RM, Gazmararian JA, Nielsen-Bohlman LT, Rudd RR. The prevalence of limited health literacy. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005;20:175-84.
  11. Safeer RS, Keenan J. Health literacy: the gap between physicians and patients. American Family Physician. 2005;72:463-8.
  12. Seligman HK, Wang FF, Palacios JL, Wilson CC, BA,1 Carolyn Daher C, Piette JD, Schillinger D. Physician Notification of Their Diabetes Patients' Limited Health Literacy: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005;20:1001–1007.
  13. Weiss BD, Mays MZ, Martz W, Castro KM, DeWalt DA, Pignone MP, Mockbee J,. Hale FA. Quick Assessment of Literacy in Primary Care: The Newest Vital Sign. Annals of Family Medicine. 2005;3:514-522.
  14. Wolf MS, Gazmararian JA, Baker DW. Health literacy and functional health status among older adults. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2005;165:1946-52.
  15. Zarcadoolas C, Pleasant A, Greer DS. Understanding health literacy: an expanded model. Health Promotion International. 2005;20:195-203.

2004

  1. Baker DW, Gazmararian JA, Williams MV, Scott T, Parker RM, Green D, Ren J, Peel J. Health literacy and use of outpatient physician services by Medicare managed care enrollees. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004;19:215-20.
  2. Berkman ND, DeWalt DA, Pignone MP, Sheridan SL, Lohr KN, Lux L, Sutton SF, Swinson T, Bonito AJ. Literacy and Health Outcomes. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 87 (Prepared by RTI International-University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0016). AHRQ Publication No. 04-E007-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for health care Research and Quality: January 2004.
  3. Chew LD, Bradley KA, Flum DR, Cornia PB, Koepsell TD. The impact of low health literacy on surgical practice. American Journal of Surgery. 2004;188:250-3.
  4. Chew LD, Bradley KA, Boyko EJ. Brief questions to identify patients with inadequate health literacy. Family Medicine. 2004;36:588-94.
  5. Davis TC, Wolf MS. Health literacy: implications for family medicine. Family Medicine. 2004;36:595-8.
  6. Endres LK, Sharp LK, Haney E, Dooley SL. Health literacy and pregnancy preparedness in pregestational diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2004;27:331-4.
  7. Garbers S, Chiasson MA. Inadequate functional health literacy in Spanish as a barrier to cervical cancer screening among immigrant Latinas in New York City. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2004;1:A07.
  8. Hixon AL. Functional health literacy: improving health outcomes. American Family Physician. 2004;69:2077-8.
  9. Institute of Medicine. Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. Nielsen-Bohlman L, Panzer AM, Kindig DA, Editors. Washington, DC: National Academies Press: 2004.
  10. Kim S, Love F, Quistberg DA, Shea JA. Association of health literacy with self-management behavior in patients with diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2004;27:2980-2.
  11. Lee SY, Arozullah AM, Cho YI. Health literacy, social support, and health: a research agenda. Social Science and Medicine. 2004;58:1309-21.
  12. Schillinger D, Bindman A, Wang F, Stewart A, Piette J. Functional health literacy and the quality of physician-patient communication among diabetes patients. Patient Education and Counseling. 2004;52:315-23.
  13. Shea JA, Beers BB, McDonald VJ, Quistberg DA, Ravenell KL, Asch DA. Assessing health literacy in African American and Caucasian adults: disparities in rapid estimate of adult literacy in medicine (REALM) scores. Family Medicine. 2004;36:575-81.
  14. Vastag B. Low health literacy called a major problem. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2004 12;291:2181-2.
  15. Wolf MS, Davis TC, Cross JT, Marin E, Green K, Bennett CL. Health literacy and patient knowledge in a Southern U.S. HIV clinic. International Journal of STDs and AIDS. 2004;15:747-52.

2003

  1. Bass PF 3rd, Wilson JF, Griffith CH. A shortened instrument for literacy screening.
    Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2003;18:1036-8.
  2. Gazmararian JA, Williams MV, Peel J, Baker DW. Health literacy and knowledge of chronic disease. Patient Education and Counseling. 2003;51:267-75.
  3. Paasche-Orlow MK, Taylor HA, Brancati FL. Readability standards for informed consent forms as compared with actual readability. New England Journal of Medicine. 2003;348: 721-726.
  4. Parker RM, Gazmararian JA. Health literacy: essential for health communication.
    Journal of Health Communication. 2003;8:S116-8.
  5. Parker RM, Ratzan SC, Lurie N. Health literacy: a policy challenge for advancing high-quality health care. Health Affairs. 2003;22:147-53.
  6. Payne JG, Schulte SK. Mass media, public health, and achieving health literacy.
    Journal of Health Communication. 2003;8:S124-5.
  7. Schillinger D, Piette J, Grumbach K, Wang F, et al Closing the loop: Physician communication with diabetic patients who have low health literacy. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2003;163(1):83.
  8. Van Servellen G, Brown JS, Lombardi E, Herrera G. Health literacy in low-income Latino men and women receiving antiretroviral therapy in community-based treatment centers. AIDS Patient Care and STDS. 2003;17:283-98.
  9. Van Servellen G, Carpio F, Lopez M, Garcia-Teague L, Herrera G, Monterrosa F, Gomez R, Lombardi E. Program to enhance health literacy and treatment adherence in low-income HIV-infected Latino men and women. AIDS Patient Care and STDS. 2003;17:581-94.
  10. Weiss, BD. Health Literacy: A Manual for Clinicians. American Medical Association/AMA Foundation: 2003.
  11. Zarcadoolas C, Pleasant A, Greer DS. Elaborating a definition of health literacy: a commentary. Journal of Health Communication. 2003;8:S119-20.

2002

  1. Baker DW, Gazmararian JA, Sudano J, Patterson M, Parker RM, Williams MV. Health literacy and performance on the Mini-Mental State Examination. Aging and Mental Health 2002;6(1):22-9.
  2. Baker DW, Gazmarian J, Williams MV, Scott T, Parker R, Green D, Ren J, Peel J. Functional Health Literacy and the Risk of Hospital Admission Among Managed Care Enrollees. American Journal of Public Health. 2002;92 (8):1278-1283.
  3. Baker DW. Past Successes and Future Challenges. Health Literacy: Leading Edge Practices (Fifth Annual Conference). 2002.
  4. Bass PF, Wilson JF, Griffith CH, Barnett DR. Residents' ability to identify patients with poor literacy skills. Academic Medicine. 2002;77(10);1039-41.
  5. Davis TC, Williams M, Marin E, Parker R, Glass J. Health literacy and cancer communication. CA – A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 2002;52(3):134-149.
  6. Doak, CC, Doak LG, Root JH, eds. Pfizer Health Literacy Principles: A Handbook for Creating Patient Education Materials that Enhance Understanding and Promote Health Outcomes. 2002.
  7. Health Literacy and the Prescription Drug Experience: The Front-Line Perspective from Patients, Physicians and Pharmacists. Roper ASW: New York, NY. May 2002.
  8. Roter D, Hall J, Aoki Y. Physician Gender Effects in Medical Communication. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;288 (9):756-764.
  9. Rothman R, Malone R, Bryant B, DeWalt D, Pignone, M. Health literacy and diabetic control. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;288(21):2688.
  10. Rudd RE, Moeykens BA, Colton TC. Health and literacy: A review of medical and public health literature. The Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Volume 1 (pp.158-199). San Francisco: Josey-Bass. 2000.
  11. Schillinger D, Grumbach K, et al. Association of health literacy with diabetes outcomes. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;288(4):475-482.
  12. Scott TL, Gazmararian JA, Williams MV, Baker DW. Health literacy and preventive health care use among Medicare enrollees in a managed care organization. Medical Care. 2002; 40(5):395-404.
  13. Stewart DY. Relationship between health literacy and adherence to inhaled corticosteroids in high-risk inner-city adults with asthma. Presented at the American College of Chest Physicians' Chest 2002 in San Diego, California.
  14. Williams MV, Davis TC, Parker RM, Weiss BD. The Role of Health Literacy in Patient-Physician Communication. Family Medicine. 2002;34(5):383-9.

2001

  1. Davis TC. Dolan NC. Ferreira MR. Tomori C. Green KW. Sipler AM. Bennett CL. The role of inadequate health literacy skills in colorectal cancer screening. Cancer Investigation. 19(2):193-200:2001.
  2. Kim SP, Knight SJ, Tomori C, Colella KM, Schoor RA, Shih L, Kuzel TM, Nadler RB, Bennett CL. Health literacy and shared decision making for prostate cancer patients with low socioeconomic status. Cancer Investigation. 2001;19(7):684-91.
  3. Lindau ST, Tomori C, McCarville MA, Bennett CL. Improving rates of cervical cancer screening and Pap smear follow-up for low-income women with limited health literacy. Cancer Investigation. 2001;19(3):316-23.
  4. Weiss BD. Health literacy: an important issue for communicating health information to patients. Chinese Medical Journal [Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi] (Taipei). 2001;64(11):603-8.

2000

  1. Baker, D.W., Gazmararian, J.A., Sudano, J., and Patterson, M. The Association Between Age and Health Literacy Among Elderly Persons. Journal of Gerontology. 2000;55B(6):S368-S374.
  2. Gazmararian J, Baker DW, Parker RM, Blazer DG. A Multivariate Analysis of Factors Associated with Depression: Evaluating the Role of Health Literacy as a Potential Contributor. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2000;160:3307-3314.
  3. Gazmararian J, Baker D, Parker R, Blazer DG. A multivariate analysis of factors associated with depression: evaluating the role of health literacy as a potential contributor. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2000;160(21):3307-14.
  4. Kalichman SC, Benotsch E, Suarez T, Catz S, Miller J, Rompa D. Health literacy and health-related knowledge among persons living with HIV/AIDS. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2000;18(4):325-31.

1999

  1. Ad Hoc Committee on Health Literacy for the Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association. Health Literacy: Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1990;281(6):552-557.
  2. Baker DW, Williams MV, Parker RM, Gazmararian JA, Nurss J. Development of a brief test to measure functional health literacy. Patient Education and Counseling. 1999;38:33-42.
  3. Davis TC, Williams M, Branch W, Green, K. Explaining illness to patients with limited literacy. In Whaley B (ed) Explaining Illness: Research Theory and Strategies. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates. 1999;123-146.
  4. Gazmararian JA, Parker RM, Baker DW. Reading skills and family planning knowledge and practices in a low-income managed-care population. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 1999; 93(2): 239-244.
  5. Gazmararian JA, Baker DW, Williams MV, Parker RM, Scott TL, Green DC, Fehrenbach SN, Ren J, Koplan JP. Health Literacy Among Medicare Enrollees in a Managed Care Organization. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1999;281(6):545-551.
  6. Graber MA, Roller CM, Kaeble B. Readability levels of patient education material on the World Wide Web. Journal of Family Practice. 1999;48(1):58-61.
  7. Kalichman SC, Ramachandran B, Catz S. Adherence to combination antiretroviral therapies in HIV patients of low health literacy. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 1999;14(5): 267-273.
  8. Root J, Stableford S. Easy-to-Read Consumer Communications: A Missing Link in Medicaid Managed Care. Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law. 1999;24(1):1-26.
  9. Weiss, BD. 20 Common Problems in Primary Care. McGraw Hill:1999. [A chapter on "Hidden Problems" includes section on the basics of health literacy.]

1998

  1. Baker DW, Parker R, Williams M, Clark WS. Health literacy and the risk of hospital admission. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 1998;13(12), 791-798.
  2. Bennett CL, Ferreira MR, Davis TC, Kaplan J, Weinberger M, Kuzel T, Seday MA, Sartor O. Relation between literacy, race, and stage of presentation among low-income patients with prostate cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 1998;16(9):3101-3104.
  3. Davis TC, Berkel HJ, Arnold CL, Nandy I, Jackson RH, Murphy PW. Results of intervention to increase mammography utilization in a public hospital. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 1998;13, 230-233.
  4. Doak CC, Doak LG, Friedell GH, Meade CD. Improving comprehension for cancer patients with low literacy skills: Strategies for clinicians. CA—A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 1998;48(3):151-162.
  5. Friedland RB. Understanding Health Literacy: New Estimates of the Costs of Inadequate Health Literacy. Presented at the Pfizer Conference on Health Literacy: Promoting Health Literacy: A Call to Action. Washington, DC: October 7-8, 1998.
  6. Giorgianni SJ, ed. Perspectives on health care and biomedical research: Responding to the challenge of health literacy. The Pfizer Journal. 1998;2(1).
  7. Macario E, Emmons KM, Sorensen G, Hunt MK, Rudd RE. Factors Influencing Nutrition Education with Low Literacy Skills. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 1998;98(5):559-564.
  8. National Work Group on Literacy and Health. Communicating with Patients Who Have Limited Literacy Skills. The Journal of Family Practice. 1998;46(2):168-175.
  9. Williams MV, Baker DW, Parker RM, Nurss JR. Relationship of functional health literacy to patients' knowledge of their chronic disease. A study of patients with hypertension and diabetes. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1998;158(2):166-172.
  10. Williams MV, Baker DW, Honig EG, Lee TM, Nowlan A. Inadequate literacy is a barrier to asthma knowledge and self-care. Chest. 1998;114:1008-1015.
  11. Weiss B, Coyne C, Michielutte R, Davis TC, Meade C, Doak L, et al. Communicating with patients who have limited literacy skills: Report of the National Work Group on Literacy and Health. Journal of Family Practice. 1998;46(2):168-175

1997

  1. Baker DW, Parker R, Williams M, Clark WS, Nurss J. The relationship of patient reading ability to self-reported health and use of health services. American Journal of Public Health. 1997;87(6),1027-1030.
  2. Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. Who Suffers from Poor Health Literacy? Fact Sheet. 1997.
  3. Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. Provider Strategies to Help Low-Literate Patients Fact Sheet. 1997.
  4. Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. Strategies to Improve Patient Education Materials Fact Sheet. 1997.
  5. Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. What is Health Literacy? Fact Sheet. 1997.
  6. Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. Low Health Literacy Skills Increase Annual Health Care Expenditures by $73 Billion Fact Sheet. 1997.
  7. Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. Health Literacy and Understanding Medical Information Fact Sheet. 1997.
  8. Hanson-Divers EC. Developing a Medical Achievement Reading Test to Evaluate Patient Literacy Skills: A Preliminary Study. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 1997;8(1):56-69.
  9. Hartman TJ, McCarthy PR, Park RJ, Schuster E, Kushi LH. Results of a Community-Based Low-Literacy Nutrition Education Program. Journal of Community Health. 1997;22(5):325-341.
  10. Jacobson TA, Thomas DM, Morton FJ, Offutt G, Shevlin JS, Ray, S. Use of a low-literacy patient education tool to enhance pneumococcal vaccination rates. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1997;282(7):646-650.
  11. Weiss BD, Coyne C. Communicating With Patients Who Cannot Read. The New England Journal of Medicine. 1997;337(4):272-274.

1996

  1. Baker DW, Parker R, Williams MV, Pitkin K, Parikh NS, Coates W, Imara M. The Health Care Experience of Patients With Low Literacy. Archives of Family Medicine. 1996;5:329-334.
  2. Brandes WL, Esq, Furnas S, McClellan FM, Esq, Ohene-Frempong J, Taylor-Watson M, Esq. Literacy, health and the law: An exploration of the law and the plight of marginal readers within the health care system. Advocating for patients and providers. Health Promotion Council, Philadelphia, PA: 1996.
  3. Davis TC, Arnold C, Berkel HJ, Nandy I, Jackson RH, Glass J. Knowledge and attitude on screening mammography among low-literate, low income women. Cancer. 1996;78(9),1912-1920.
  4.   Davis TC, Meldrum H, Tippy PK, Weiss B, Williams MV. How poor literacy leads to poor    health care. Patient Care. 1996;94-127.
  5. Doak CC, Doak LG, Root JH. The Literacy Problem. Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills, 2nd ed. J.B. Lippincott Co. 1996.
  6. Mayeaux EJ Jr, Murphy PW, Arnold C, Davis TC, Jackson RH, Sentell T. Improving patient education for patients with low literacy skills [Review]. American Family Physician. 1996;53(1):205-211.
  7.   Olson RMC, Blank D, Cardinal E, Hopf G, Chalmers RK. Understanding Medication-Related Needs of Low-Literacy Patients. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association. 1996;NS36(7):425-429.
  8.   Parikh NS, Parker RM, Nurss JR, Baker DW, Williams MV. Shame and Health Literacy: The Unspoken Connection. Patient Education and Counseling. 1996;27(1):33-39.
  9.   Parker RM, Williams MV, Baker DW, Nurss JR. Literacy and contraception: Exploring the link. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 1996;88(3 Suppl.),72S-77S.

1995

  1.   Miles S, Davis T. Patients Who Can't Read: Implications for the Health Care System. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1995;274(21):1719-1720.
  2.   Nurss JR, Baker DW, Davis TC, Parker RM, Williams MV. Difficulties in functional health literacy screening in Spanish-speaking adults. Journal of Reading. 1995;38(8):632-637.
  3.   Parker RM, Baker DW, Williams MV, Nurss JR. The Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults: A New Instrument for Measuring Patients' Literacy Skills. Journal of General  Internal Medicine. 1995;10:537-541.
  4.  Williams MV, Parker RM, Baker DW, Parikh NS, Pitkin K, Coates WC, Nurss JR. Inadequate Functional Health Literacy Among Patients at Two Public Hospitals. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1995;274(21):1677-1682.

1994

  1.   Davis TC, Mayeaux EJ, Fredrickson D, Bocchini JA Jr, Jackson RH, Murphy PW. Reading ability of parents compared with reading level of pediatric patient education materials. Pediatrics. 1994;93(3):460-468.
  2.   Meade CD, McKinney P, Barnas GP. Educating Patients with Limited Literacy Skills: The      Effectiveness of Printed and Videotaped Materials about Colon Cancer. American Journal of Public Health. 1994;84(1):119-121.
  3. National Cancer Institute. Clear & Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-  Literate Readers. National Institutes of Health:1994.
  4. National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. MCH Program Interchange: Focus on Low Literacy. Washington, DC: Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Service Administration, Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services:1994.
  5. Weiss BD, Blanchard JS, McGee DL, Hart G, Warren B, Burgoon M, Smith KJ. Illiteracy

among Medicaid recipients and its relationship to health care costs. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 1994;5(2):99-111.

1993

  1. Davis TC, Jackson RH, George RB, Long SW, Talley D, Murphy PW, Mayeaux EJ, Truong T. Reading ability in patients in substance misuse treatment centers. International Journal of the Addictions. 1993;28(6):571-582.
  2. Davis TC, Long SW, Jackson RH, Mayeaux EJ,George RB, Murphy PW, Crouch MA. Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine: A Shortened Screening Instrument. Family Medicine. 1993;25:391-395.
  3. Jolly BT, Scott JL, Feied CF, Sanford SM. Functional Illiteracy Among Emergency Department Patients: A Preliminary Study. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1993;22(3):

         573-578.

  1. Kirsch I, Jungeblut A, Jenkins L, Kolstad A. Adult Literacy in America. Washington, DC: United States Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. 1993.
  2. Murphy PW, Davis TC, Decker BC, Jackson RH. Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine: A novel reading recognition test. Journal of Reading 1993;37(2):124-130.
  3. Rudd J, Betts NM, Dirkx J. Developing Written Nutrition Information for Adults with Low Literacy Skills. Journal of Nutrition Education. 1993;25(1):11-16.
  4. Rudd J, Betts NM, Dirkx, J. Developing written nutrition information for adults with low literacy skills. Journal of Nutrition Education. 1993;25:11-16.
  5. Weiss BD. Identifying and communicating with patients who have poor literacy skills [editorial]. Family Medicine. 1993;25(6):369-70

1992

  1. Bates P, Davis TC, Long SW, Guin C. Assessment of literacy levels of adult prisoners. Journal of Correctional Education. 1992; 43(4):172-5.
  2. Weiss BD, Hart G, McGee DL, D'Estelle S. Health status of illiterate adults: Relation between literacy and health status among persons with low literacy skills. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 1992;5(3):257-264.

1991

  1. Davis TC, Crouch MA, Long SW, Jackson RH, Bastes P, George RB, Bairnsfather LE. Rapid Assessment of Literacy Levels of Adult Primary Care Patients. Family Medicine. 1991;23 (6):433-435.
  2. United States Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service. Literacy and Health in the United States: Selected Annotations. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control-Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion:1991.
  3. Weiss BD, Hart G, Pust RE. The relationship between literacy and health [Review]. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 1991;1(4):351-363.

1990

  1. Davis TC, Crouch MA, Wills G, Miller S, Abdehou DM. The Gap Between Patient Reading Comprehension and the Readability of Patient Education Materials. Journal of Family Practice. 1990;31(5):533-538.
  2. Dixon E, Park R. Do patients understand written health information? Nursing Outlook. 1990;38(6):278-81.

1970s - 1980s

  1. Powers RD. Emergency Department Patient Literacy and the Readability of Patient-Directed Materials. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1988;17(2):124-126.
  2. Morrow GR. How Readable Are Subject Consent Forms? Journal of the American Medical Association. 1980;244(1):56-58.
  3. Hulka BS, Cassel JC, Kupper LL, Burdette JA. Communication, Compliance, and Concordance Between Physicians and Patients With Prescribed Medications. American Journal of Public Health. 1976;66(9):847-853.

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