After screening and review of 504 articles, the search elicited nine studies for inclusion: only one study examined health literacy (nutrition literacy).
As one of the latest databases accessible for data analysis of secondary education, PISA has been appraised as a valuable means to examine student literacy in reading, mathematics, and science.
Secondary analyses will examine health literacy as a continuous variable.
To our knowledge, our study is the first to examine health literacy, general numeracy, and diabetes numeracy as mediators of the relationship between African American race and poor glycemic control.
In this sub-study, adults of the original JSHS who previously reported either CLBP, that is pain persisting for 3 months or more (N = 56), or no history of LBP within the last 12 months (termed here as 'controls') (N = 61) were contacted again in August 2009 (4-9 months later) and invited to participate in a secondary study to further examine health literacy using the HeLMS.
In a study that examined the literacy level of children with type 1 diabetes and the literacy level of their mothers, Ross et al. reported no significant correlation between the mean annual A1C of the child and the child's literacy level[ 20].
In rushing to meet a tight deadline set by NIH, Snow said her panel also avoided examining how literacy is acquired, both at school and in informal settings, and focused just on adult literacy.
We present the first study examining risk literacy in surgeons by assessing numeracy and surgical risk comprehension.
Thus, this study examined health literacy as lived by men with prostate cancer (PC), rather than as assessed by professionals.
Although the content of typical opioid contracts (OCs) has been explored, no studies have examined the literacy demands and formatting characteristics of OCs currently used throughout the United States.
Grizzle examined media literacy education challenges in the Middle East and where the Arab region is compared to other parts of the world.
