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Ruth M. Parker
Researcher at Emory University
Publications - 161
Citations - 22867
Ruth M. Parker is an academic researcher from Emory University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health literacy & Literacy. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 159 publications receiving 21002 citations. Previous affiliations of Ruth M. Parker include University of Cambridge & University of Arizona.
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The test of functional health literacy in adults: a new instrument for measuring patients' literacy skills.
TL;DR: The Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) as mentioned in this paper was developed using actual hospital materials and consists of a 50-item reading comprehension and 17-item numerical ability test.
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Development of a brief test to measure functional health literacy.
TL;DR: The development of an abbreviated version of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) to measure patients' ability to read and understand health-related materials that can be used by health educators to identify individuals who require special assistance to achieve learning goals is described.
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The Prevalence of Limited Health Literacy
Michael K. Paasche-Orlow,Ruth M. Parker,Julie A. Gazmararian,Lynn T. Nielsen-Bohlman,Rima R. Rudd +4 more
TL;DR: This systematic review exhibits that limited health literacy, as depicted in the medical literature, is prevalent and is consistently associated with education, ethnicity, and age.
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Relationship of Functional Health Literacy to Patients' Knowledge of Their Chronic Disease A Study of Patients With Hypertension and Diabetes
TL;DR: Inadequate functional health literacy poses a major barrier to educating patients with chronic diseases, and current efforts to overcome this appear unsuccessful.
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Inadequate functional health literacy among patients at two public hospitals.
Mark V. Williams,Ruth M. Parker,David W. Baker,Nina S. Parikh,Kathryn Pitkin,Wendy C. Coates,Joanne R. Nurss +6 more
TL;DR: Many patients at the authors' institutions cannot perform the basic reading tasks required to function in the health care environment, and inadequate health literacy may be an important barrier to patients' understanding of their diagnoses and treatments, and to receiving high-quality care.