The Role of Inadequate Health Literacy Skills in Colorectal Cancer Screening

REFERENCES

• American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2000. American Cancer Society Publication, Atlanta 2000
   Google Scholar
• Mandel J. S., Bond J. H., Church T. R., Snover D. C., Bradley G. M., Schuman L. M., Ederer F. Reducing Mortality from Colorectal Cancer by Screening for Fecal Occult Blood. N. Engl. J. Med. 1993; 328: 1365–1371
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hardcastle J. D., Chamberlain J. O., Robinson M. H.E., Moss S. M., Amar S. S., Balfour T. W., James P. D., Mangham C. M. Randomised Controlled Trial of Fecal Occult Blood Screening for Colorectal Cancer. Lancet 1996; 348: 1472–1477
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kronborg O., Fenger C., Olsen J., Jorgensen D., Sondergaard O. Randomised Study of Screening for Colorectal Cancer with Fecal Occult Blood Test. Lancet 1996; 348: 1467–1471
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Selby J., Friedman G. D., Quesenberry C. P., Weiss N. S. A Case-Control Study of Screening Sigmoidoscopy and Mortality from Colorectal Cancer. N. Engl. J. Med. 1992; 326: 653–657
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• rends in Cancer Screening—United States 1987 and 1992. MMWR 1995; 45: 57–61
   Google Scholar
• Anderson L. M., May D. S. Has the Use of Cervical, Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Increased in the United States? Am. J. Public Health 1995; 85: 840–842
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• merican Cancer Society: Cancer and the Socioeconomically Disadvantaged. CA 1989; 39: 263–295
   Google Scholar
• Weiss B. D., Hart G., McGee D. L., D'Estelle S. Status of Illiterate Adults: Relation Between Literacy and Health Status Among Persons with Low Literacy Skills. J. Am. Board Fam. Pract. 1992; 5: 257–264
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Weiss B. D. Illiteracy Among Medicaid recipients and Its Relation to Health Care Costs. J. Health Care Poor Underserved 1994; 5: 99–111
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Gazmararian J. A., Baker D. W., Williams M. V., Parker R. M., Scott T. L., Green D. C., Fehrenbach S. N., Ren J., Koplan J. P. Health Literacy Among Medicare Enrollees in a Managed Care Organization. JAMA 1998; 281: 545–551
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• US Preventive Health Services Task Force. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services. 2nd Ed., International Medical Publishing, Alexandria, VA 1996
   Google Scholar
• Winawer S. J., Fletcher R. H., Miller L., Godlee F., Stolar M. H., Mulrow C. D., Woolf S. H., Glick S. N., Ganiats T. G., Bond J. H., Rosen L., Zapka J. G., Olsen S. J., Giardiello F. M., Sisk J. E., Van Antwerp R., Brown-Davis C., Marciniak D. A., Mayer R. J. Colorectal Cancer Screening: Clinical Guidelines and Rationale. Gastroenterology 1997; 112: 594–642, [Erratum Gastroenterology 1997, 112, 1060]
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Screening for Colorectal Cancer—United States 1997. MMWR 1999; 48: 116–121
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Vernon S. W. Participation in Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Review. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 1997; 89: 1406–1422
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lewis S. F., Jensen N. M. Screening Mammography, Factors Associated with Utilization. J. Gen. Intern Med 1996; 11: 542–544
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Price J. H. Perceptions of Colorectal Cancer in a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Population. J. Community Health 1993; 18: 347–362
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Thompson R. S., Michnich M. E., Gray J., Fiedlander L., Gilson B. Maximizing Compliance with Hemoccult Screening for Colon Cancer in Clinical Practice. Med. Care 1986; 24: 904–914
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Aiken L. S., West S. G., Woodward C. K., Reno R. R. Health Beliefs and Compliance with Mammography—Screening Recommendations in Asymptomatic Women. Health Psychol. 1994; 13: 122–129
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vernon S. W., Vogel V. G., Halbi S., Jackson G. L., Lundy R. O., Peters G. N. Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors and Attitudes in Three Racial/Ethnic Groups. Cancer 1992; 69: 165–174
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fox S. A., Murata P. J., Stein J. A. The Impact of Physican Compliance on Screening Mammography for Older Women. Arch. Intern. Med. 1991; 51: 50–56
   Google Scholar
• Ad Hoc Committee on Health Literacy for the Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association. Health Literacy: Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs. JAMA 1999; 281: 552–557
   Google Scholar
• revalence of Selected Risk Factors for Chronic Disease by Education Level in Racial/Ethnic Popula- tions—United States, 1991–1992. MMWR 1995; 43: 894–899
   Google Scholar
• Bennett C. L., Ferreira M. R., Davis T. C., Kaplan J., Weinberger M., Kuzel T., Seday M. A., Sartor O. The Relationship Between Literacy, Race, and Stage of Presentation Among Low Income Prostate Cancer. J. Clin. Oncol. 1998; 16(9)3101–3104
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Williams M. V., Parker R. M., Baker D. W., Parikh N. S., Pitkin K., Coates W. C., Nurss J. R. Inadequate Functional Health Literacy Among Patients at Two Public Hospitals. JAMA 1995; 274: 1677–1682
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Williams M. V., Baker D. W., Parker R. M., Nurss J. R. Relationship of Functional Health Literacy to Patients' Knowledge of Their Chronic Disease: A Study of Patients with Hypertension and Diabetes. Arch. Intern. Med. 1998; 158: 166–172
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baker D. W., Parker R. M., Williams M. V., Clark S., Nurss J. R. The Relationship of Patient Reading Ability to Self-Reported Health and Use of Services. Am. J. Public Health 1997; 87: 1027–1030
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davis T., Arnold C., Berkel H., Nandy I., Jackson R., Glass J. Knowledge and Attitude on Screening Mammography Among Low-Literate, Low-Income Women. Cancer 1996; 78: 1912–1920
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rosenstock I. M. The Health Belief Model: Origins and Correlates. Health Educ. Monograph 1974; 2: 336–353
   Google Scholar
• Doak C., Doak L., Friedell B., Meade C. Improving Comprehension for Cancer Patients with Low Literacy Skills: Strategies for Clinicians. CA Cancer J. Clin. 1998; 48: 151–162
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davis T. C., Williams M. V., Branch W. T., Green K. W. Explaining Illness to Patients with Limited Literacy. Explaining Illness: Research, Theory, and Strategies for Comprehension, B. Whaley. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc, Mahwah, NJ, in press
   Google Scholar
• Davis T. C., Holcombe R. F., Berkel H. J., Pramanik S., Diver S. G. Informed Consent for Clinical Trials: A Comparative Study of Standard Versus Simplified Forms. JNCI 1998; 93: 460–468
   Google Scholar
• Doak L., Doak C. Patient Comprehension Profiles: Recent Findings and Strategies. Patient Couns. Health Educ. 1980; 2: 101–106
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Powers R. Emergency Department Patient Literacy and the Readability of Patient-directed Materials. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1988; 17: 124–126
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jolly B., Scott J., Feied C., Sanford S. Functional Illiteracy Among Emergency Department Patients: A Preliminary Study. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1993; 22: 573–578
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morrow G. R. How Readable Are Subject Consent Forms?. JAMA 1980; 74: 955–960
   Google Scholar
• Davis T., Crouch M., Wills G., Miller S., Abdehou D. The Gap Between Patient Reading Comprehension and the Readability of Patient Education Materials. J. Fam. Pract. 1990; 31: 533–538
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davis T., Mayeaux E., Fredrickson S., Bocchini J., Jackson R., Murphy P. Reading Ability of Parents Compared with Reading Level of Pediatric Patient Education Materials. Pediatrics 1994; 93: 460–468
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davis T. C., Bocchini J. A., Fredrickson D., Arnold C., Mayeaux E. J., Murphy P. W., Jackson R. H., Hanna N., Paterson M. Parent Comprehension of Polio Vaccine Information Pamphlets. Pediatrics 1996; 97: 804–810
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stedman L., Kaestle C. Literacy and Reading Performance in the United States from 1880 to Present. Literacy in the United States: Readers and Readings Since 1880, C. Kaestle. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT 1991; 75–128
   Google Scholar
• Doak C. C., Doak L. G., Root J. H. Teaching Patients with Low-Literacy Skills. 2nd Ed., J.B. Lippincott, , Philadelphia 1996
   Google Scholar
• Kirsch I., Jungeblut A., Jenkins L., Kolstad A. Adult Literacy in America: A First Look at the Results of the National Adult Literacy Survey. National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC 1993
   Google Scholar
• Meade C., Byrd J. Patient Literacy and the Readability of Smoking Education Literature. Am. J. Public Health 1989; 79: 204–206
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Meade C. D., Diekmann J., Thornhill D. G. Readability of American Cancer Society Patient Education Literature. Oncol. Nurs. Forum 1992; 19(1)51–55
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Debus M. Handbook for Excellence in Focus Group Research. Academy for Educational Development/Healthcom, Washington, DC 1988
   Google Scholar
• Dale W., Sartor O., Davis T. C., Bennett C. L. Understanding Barriers to the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer Among Lower Socioeconomic Men. Prostate J. 1999; 1(4)179–184
   Google Scholar
• Davis T. C., Berkel H. J., Arnold C. L., Nandy I., Jackson R. H., Murphy P. W. Intervention to Increase Mammography Utilization in a Public Hospital. JGIM 1998; 13: 230–233
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davis T. C., Frederickson D. D., Arnold C., Murphy P. W., Herbst M., Bocchini J. A. A Polio Immunization Pamphlet with Increased Appeal and Simplified Language Does Not Improve Comprehension to an Acceptable Level. Patient Educ. Couns. 1998; 33: 25–37
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yancey A., Tanjasri S., Klein M., Tunder J. Increased Cancer Screening Behavior in Women of Color by Culturally Sensitive Video Exposure. Prev. Med. 1995; 24: 142–148
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ley P. Communication with Patients: Improving Communication, Satisfaction and Compliance. Chapman and Hall, London 1993
   Google Scholar
• Cohen-Cole S. A. Why “three” functions?. The Medical Interview: The Three-Function Approach, S. A. Cohen-Cole. Mosby, St. Louis, MO 1991
   Google Scholar
• Weiss B. D., Reed R. L., Klingman E. W. Literacy Skills and Communication Methods of Low Income Older Persons. Patient Educ. Couns. 1995; 25: 109–119
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Williams M., Baker D., Honig E., Lee T., Nowlan A. Inadequate Literacy is a Barrier to Asthma Knowledge and Self Care. Chest 1998; 114: 1006–1015
   Google Scholar
• Williams M., Baker D., Parker R., Nurss J. Relationship of Functional Health Literacy to Patient's Knowledge of Their Chronic Disease, a Study of Patients with Hypertension and Diabetes. Arch. Intern. Med. 1998; 158: 166–172
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Meade C. D., McKinney W. P., Barnas G. P. Educating Patients with Limited Literacy Skills: The Effectiveness of Printed and Videotaped Materials About Colon Cancer. Am. J. Public Health 1994; 84(1)119–121
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rudd R. E., Comings J. P. Learner Developed Materials: An Empowering Product. Health Ed. Q. 1994; 313–327
   PubMedGoogle Scholar