The FFL project has been one of the successful models of literacy-building in the Philippines.
This study integrates sociocognitive, sociocultural, and sociolinguistic approaches to investigate the "normative" cultural model of literacy held by 15 White, middle-class parents of kindergarten children.
However, although the measures for the beliefs component had to be modified because there was not a complete set of belief measures, the data included measures consistent with the earlier models of quantitative literacy (Wilkins, in press, 2010).
This research seeks to contribute to the understanding of peer-based models of information literacy training, through gathering insights from peer trainers (champions) in a scheme designed to promote the use of a national health and social care information portal, Evidence Search ESS), amongst university students mainly in the health professions.
As a result, increasing attempts have been made to develop new, expanded and integrated models of health literacy [ 15– 17].
Wilkins (in press, 2010) validated a three-factor model of quantitative literacy that incorporated the multiple aspects of quantitative literacy into one measure.
To assess the validity of a predictive model of health literacy, and to examine the relationship between derived health literacy estimates and 30-day hospital readmissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
19 21 An alternative approach has recently emerged, a predictive model of health literacy can be used to estimate the mean health literacy of individuals living in a census tract through US census data.
Based on earlier work to define quantitative literacy (e.g., Steen 2001; Wilkins 2000; Gal 1997; Dossey 1997), Wilkins (in press, 2010) conceptualized a theoretical framework and measurement model of quantitative literacy to include not only the cognitive aspects of quantitative literacy but also its affective components.
