Public Linguist: NIH New Herbal List App - quick health literacy audit

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

NIH New Herbal List App - quick health literacy audit

NIH's new Herbal App - the reading level is fine.

The health literacy it requires - its "health literacy load" is still high.

Can you name how many domains of health literacy are required to understand the following?

My list of some of the fundamental health and science literacies*embedded in the statements:

Medical studies yield results.
Results can vary from study to study.
Experts compare results from study to study to see if there is "evidence".
Medical studies can be over a short time and over a long time. This matters.
Scientific evidence is very different than anecdotal person results.

I'm sure you can identify more. Please share what you'd put on this list.

Thanks!

* Zarcadoolas, C. (2011) The simplicity complex: exploring simplified health messages in a complex world. Health Promot Int. 26(3): 338-50

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What I post here is intended only as a forum to discuss ideas. Please be aware that referred to research or sources evolve over time so the documents referred to on this blog may be superseded by new information.

Oh, and BTW I use the following broad definition of Health Literacy:“A health literate person is able to use health concepts and information generatively—applying information to novel situations. This is critical to our efforts to prepare the public to react to complex public health emergencies.”(From invited paper presented by me - Surgeon General’s Report on Health Literacy, September 7 2006, Bethesda Maryland http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/healthliteracy/toc.html)