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A conceptual model described how adults responded to a simulated literacy assessment

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.1.29

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    Brez Sm, Taylor M. Assessing literacy for patient teaching: perspectives of adults with low literacy skills. J Adv Nurs 1997 May; 25 : 1040 –7. OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Objective

    To understand how adults with low literacy skills experienced an assessment of their reading ability.

    Design

    Multiple case study design with purposeful sampling, resulting in a conceptual model.

    Setting

    Community college in Ontario, Canada.

    Participants

    8 volunteers (age range 21–55 y, mean age 35.6; 50% men) with a range of literacy skills were recruited from a community college literacy programme through self referral or referral by teachers or peers. Inclusion criteria were ability to speak English fluently, recent experience as a patient in hospital, and low literacy based on placement in a literacy programme.

    Methods

    Data were collected through semistructured interviews and participant observation before, during, and after a simulated literacy screening experience which …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: no external funding.

    • For article reprint: Ms S M Brez, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Diabetes Day Unit, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9 Canada.