Health literacy in Toronto : applying the TOFHLA to identify the gap between physician and patient
Abstract
This study takes a modern approach applying the TOFHLA to Torontonians in order to identify some of the contributing factors impacting the physician-patient divide.
The TOFHLA questionnaire with added customized pre-screening questions was administered to 100 participants who were directly approached, further using a snowball sampling method.
The Test of Functional Health Literacy Assessment (TOFHLA) is used to assess a patient’s level of comprehension of health-related material. The TOFHLA was validated by researchers Baker and Parker et al. in two separate studies in 1995 and 1999.
This study has proven that age, gender, and English as a first or second language has no effect on health literacy level (P>0.05), education (P=0.024) was the main variable involved with positive health literacy levels. This study has successfully outlined areas of improvement such as, patient experience and engagement which influences recovery time.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Mental health literacy
Skutnik, Tiah; Nemanishen, Helena; Gerein, Leisel; Raymond, Tara; Ryder, Shanice (Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2019-04-10)Poster created by third year nursing students exploring the following questions: 1. Does increased mental health literacy enhance resiliency in university students? 2. Would mandatory counseling sessions throughout their ... -
ENMN 313 : Books for Literacy : Selling Used Books to Support Literacy
Unknown author (2010-10-13)ENMN 313 PowerPoint presentation. -
Appreciating an engaged Alberta Health : increasing employee engagement in Alberta Health using appreciative inquiry
Blue, Norman Dean (2022-10-13)This study attempted to understand how an appreciative inquiry approach could improve employee engagement in Alberta Health. A review of the literature on employee engagement (including engagement in the public service), ...