INDEX

The following is a cumulative keyword index to the Background Document on Literacy and Health, the Report on the Needs Assessment, and all related Appendices. The letters and numbers given correspond to pages within the printed report: B (Background Document), R (Report), A (Appendices).

A

accreditation see AIM, JCAHO age (of patient informants) R16, A66
Action ABC B30 AIM B11
activities see also information needs; R23, R36; A75, A78 assessment see literacy assessment
adult education B17, A84 audiovisual materials see also videos; B10
advice (of health workers) A81, A89 Australia B16

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B

barriers to education see confidence, culture, disabilities, discrimination, effects of low literacy, language blindness R25, A93
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) B22 Britain B10
beliefs see culture  

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C

Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) B9, B21, B27 compliance B8, R30, A83
caregivers (needs of) R6, R18
(role of) R7, R22, R36
computers R7, R23, R36, A75, A78, A89
Carlington Community & Health Services B31 confidence B7, B14
Centre for Health Information and Promotion (CHIP) B23 confidentiality B41, A50, A51
classes see also participatory education, R23, R24, A71 cooperation see partnership
Cloze test see also REALM, TOFHLA, WRAT; B9 critical health literacy B17
CLSC R31, A65 culture B7, B15, R7, A52
community development see also partnership; B14, curriculum see partnership

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D

data collection see methodology disabilities see also blindness, B7, B22
design (of questionnaires) R13, A45 discrimination B15
Dialysis unit (findings from) R23, R29, A91 drama see also participatory education, B14, R24, A81

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E

easy-to-read see also plain language, B10 empowerment see also confidence, B15, R30
Education Committees R35 ethical issues B8, R13, A51
educational attainment B5, B13 evaluation models see SAM, S.M.O.G.
effects of low literacy B6 exposure (of low literacy) B41
employment see effects of low literacy  

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F

family see caregivers functional health literacy B17, B43
focus groups R15, A47 (findings from) A91 functional literacy B43
forms B5, B7, B13 funding B18, B37

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G

gender R16, R65 group discussion see also participatory education, R21, R26, , A71, A78, A89

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BACKGROUND DOCUMENT HOMEPAGE RESEARCH REPORT