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Health Literacy Publications

  1. Weiss BD, Hart G, Pust RH. The relationship between illiteracy and health. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 1991; 1:43-55.
  2. Weiss BD, Hart G, McGee D, D'Estelle S. Health status of illiterate adults: relation between literacy and health status among persons with low literacy skills. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 1992; 5:257-64.
  3. Weiss BD. Identifying and communicating with patients who have poor literacy skills. Family Medicine. 1993; 25:369-70.
  4. Weiss BD, Blanchard JS, McGee DL, Hart G, Warren B, Burgoon M, Smith KJ. Illiteracy among Medicaid recipients and its relationship to health care costs. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 1994; 5:99-111.
  5. Weiss BD, Reed RL, Kligman EW. Literacy skills and communication methods of low-income older persons. Patient Education and Counseling. 1995; 25:109-119.
  6. Weiss BD, Reed RL, Kligman EW, Abyad A. Literacy and Performance on the Mini-Mental State Examination. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1995; 43:807-810.
  7. Forster J, with Davis TC, Meldrum H, Tippy PHP, Weiss BD, Williams M. How poor literacy leads to poor health. Patient Care. 1996 (Oct 15): 94-127.
  8. Weiss BD, Coyne CA. Communicating with patients who cannot read. New England Journal of Medicine. 1997; 337:272-3
  9. Weiss BD, Coyne C, Michielutte R, Davis TC, Meade CD, Doak LG, et al. Communicating with patients who have limited literacy skills: Report of the National Work Group on Literacy and Health.Journal of Family Practice. 1998; 46:168-176.
  10. Davis T, Michielutte R, Askov EN, Williams MV, Weiss BD. Practical assessment of adult literacy in health care. Health Education and Behavior. 1998; 25:613-624.
  11. Ad Hoc Committee on Health Literacy for the Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association (Parker R, Williams M, Weiss BD, et al). Health literacy: Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1999; 281:552-557.
  12. Kellerman R, Weiss BD. Health literacy and the JAMAPatient Page (letter). Journal of the American Medical Association. 1999; 282:525-526.
  13. Weiss BD. Health literacy: an important issue for communicating health information to patient. Chinese Medical Journal [Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi] (Taipei). 2001; 64(11):603-8
  14. Williams MV, Davis T, Parker RM, Weiss BD. The Role of Health Literacy in Patient - Physician Communication. Family Medicine. 2002; 34:383-389.
  15. Weiss BD. Health Literacy: A Manual for Clinicians.Chicago: American Medical Association Foundation. 2003.
  16. Bennet IM, Kripilani S, Weiss BD, Coyne CA. Combining cancer control information with adult literacy education: Opportunities to reach adults with limited-literacy skills. Cancer Control.2003; 10 (Suppl): 81-83.
  17. Hahn EA, Cella D, Dobrez D, Shiomoto G, Marcus E, Taylor SG, Vohra M, Chang CH, Wright BD, Linacre JM, Weiss BD, Valenzuela V, Chiang HL, Webster K. The talking touchscreen: A new approach to outcomes assessment in low literacy. Psycho-Oncology. 2004; 13:86-95.
  18. Weiss BD, Palmer R. Relationship between health care costs and very low literacy skills in a medically needy and indigent Medicaid population. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 2004; 17:44-47.
  19. Weiss BD. Epidemiology of low literacy. In: Schwartzberg JG, VanGeest, JB, Wang CC (eds). Understanding Health Literacy: Implications for Medicine and Public Health. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association Press. 2004:17-42.
  20. Weiss BD. Outside the Clinician-Patient Relationship: A Call for Action for Health Literacy. In: Committee on Health Literacy, Institute of Medicine, Nielsen-Bohlman LN, Panzer AM, Kindig DA, Eds. Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion.Washington DC: The National Academies Press. 2004: 287-302
  21. Wallace L, Rogers E, Turner L, Keenum A, Weiss BD. Suitability of Over-the-Counter written supplemental materials available on the Internet." American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.2005 (in press).
  22. Weiss BD, Mays MZ, Martz W, Merriam Castro K, DeWalt D, Pignone M, Mockbee J, Hale FA.. Quick assessment of literacy in primary care: The Newest Vital Sign. Annals of Family Medicine.2005 (in press.)
  23. Wallace LS, Turner LW, Ballard JE, Keenum AJ, Weiss BD. Evaluation of web-based osteoporosis educational materials.Journal of Women’s Health. 2005; in press.

  

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