TY - JOUR
T1 - Filling out the forms
T2 - Health literacy among the uninsured
AU - Amaus Project Student Researchers
AU - Lane, Sandra D.
AU - Huntington, Sally J.
AU - Satterly, Lynn Beth
AU - Rubinstein, Robert A.
AU - Keefe, Robert H.
AU - Buckley, Brian
AU - Cornell, Caitlin
AU - Fuller, Alyssa
AU - Hojnowski, Eric
AU - LaFollette, Ryan
AU - Livshits, Yelena
AU - Michaelis, Todd
AU - Motyl, Claire
AU - Ramachandran, Tarakad
AU - Rahmachandrin, Devan
AU - Seckler, Sofia
AU - Tso, Evaline
AU - Zmijewski–Mekeem, Kate
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2017/9/14
Y1 - 2017/9/14
N2 - This study addresses health literacy among patients at a free clinic in Syracuse, NY. Researchers conducted chart reviews of 600 patients and qualitative interviews with 22 patients and 7 providers. Most clinic patients had a high school, or higher, level education and no difficulty with reading comprehension. Nevertheless, a majority had at least some difficulty with comprehending and following through on health information. For many interviewees, the greatest difficulty was completing the required forms for entitlement programs. The findings demonstrate that low health literacy may occur even among well-educated patients and recommend that health literacy be assessed for all patients.
AB - This study addresses health literacy among patients at a free clinic in Syracuse, NY. Researchers conducted chart reviews of 600 patients and qualitative interviews with 22 patients and 7 providers. Most clinic patients had a high school, or higher, level education and no difficulty with reading comprehension. Nevertheless, a majority had at least some difficulty with comprehending and following through on health information. For many interviewees, the greatest difficulty was completing the required forms for entitlement programs. The findings demonstrate that low health literacy may occur even among well-educated patients and recommend that health literacy be assessed for all patients.
KW - Healthcare disparities
KW - health insurance
KW - health literacy
KW - poverty
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020738724&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85020738724&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00981389.2017.1331947
DO - 10.1080/00981389.2017.1331947
M3 - Article
C2 - 28605296
AN - SCOPUS:85020738724
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 56
SP - 686
EP - 699
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 8
ER -