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Center for Health Literacy

Publications

  • Caballero A, de Gravelles PV, Johnson S, Neill KK, Hill T, Dickinson KK. The role of health literacy in simulation education: needs assessment and call to action. International Journal of Healthcare Simulation. Published online May 20, 2023:1-18. doi:10.54531/vhqa8644
  • Caballero A, Leath KJ, Staton AD. Strategic Combination of Theory, Plain Language, and Trusted Messengers Contribute to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: Lessons Learned from Development and Dissemination of a Community Toolkit. Vaccines.2023; 11(6):1064. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11061064
  • Bona JP, Utecht J, Gan JM, Caballero BA, Kemp AS, Trudeau CR, James L, Brochhausen M. The informed consent form navigator: A tool for producing readable and compliant consent documents. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2022:1-23. DOI:10.1017/cts.2022.507
  • Caballero A. Addressing health literacy as a foundation for effective and equitable health communication. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 2021;25(2):205-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/15398285.2021.1911487
  • Gan JM, Haynes TF, Bryant-Moore KB, Ruvalcaba MG, Caballero BA. Abstract: improving awareness of emotional wellness among rural Arkansans – development and implementation of a health literacy based intervention: “How to M.O.V.E. Toward Emotional Wellness”. Health Literacy Research and Practice, Jun 2021; 5(2): e124-e139. https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20210428-01
  • Caballero A, Leath KJ, Gan JM. Institutional improvements in readability of written informed consent forms sustained post-revised common rule. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2021;5(1):e192. Published 2021 Sep 30. PMID: 34849266. PMCID: PMC8596070. DOI: 10.1017/cts.2021.860
  • Bader A, Hadden K, Hester M, Gan J. Exploring knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes about teen pregnancy among Latino parents in Arkansas. South Medical Journal. 2020;113(8):386-391. PMID: 32747967. DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001129.
  • Caballero BA, Leath KJ, Watson J. Covid-19 consumer health information needs improvement to be readable and actionable by high-risk populations. Frontiers in Communication. 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00056
  • Hadden K, Gan J, McClure S, McCarthy R, Bumpass D. Accuracy of the spinal pain diagram is influenced by patient health literacy in completion of the scoliosis research society-30 questionnaire. Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances, 2020;20 (1): 39-42. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32223865/
  • Hadden K, Arnold C, Curtis L, Davis T, Gan J, Hur S, McSweeney J, Mikesell B, Wolf M. Barriers and solutions to implementing a pragmatic diabetes education trial in rural primary care clinics. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communication. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100550
  • Purvis R, Eisenberg L, Trudeau C, Long C, McElfish P. Facilitators, barriers, and recommendations related to the informed consent of Marshallese in a randomized control trial clinical ethics. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477750920903458
  • Hadden K, Kripilani S. Health literacy 2.0: integrating patient health literacy screening with universal precautions. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2019;3(4):e280-e285. https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20191028-02
  • Hadden K, McLemore H, White W, Marks M, Gan J, Seupaul R. Implementation of a health-literate patient decision aid for chest pain in the emergency department. Patient Education and Counseling, 2020;103(4):864-869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.11.009
  • Prince LY, Mears SC, Watson JC, Hadden KB. Health literacy evaluation of opioid patient education materials for orthopaedic surgery. Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances, 2019 Fall; 28(3):232-236. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31675301/
  • Washburn L, Hadden K, Prince L, McNeill C, Moon Z. Development and implementation of the How to Talk to Your Doctor HANDbook health literacy program in rural counties. Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2019. DOI: 10.3928/24748307-20190731-01
  • Hadden K, Martin R, Prince L, Barnes L. Patient health literacy and diabetic foot amputations. The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2019 Sep; 58 (5): 877-879. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jfas.2018.12.038
  • Hadden K, Prince L, Rojo M, Selig J, McElfish P. Screening patients who speak Spanish for low health literacy. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2019;3(2):e110-e116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20190408-03
  • McNeill C, Washburn L, Hadden K, Moon Z. Evaluating the effectiveness of the How to Talk to Your Doctor HANDbook program. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2019;3(2):e103-e109. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20190404-01
  • Haller J, Keller Z, Barr S, Hadden K, Oliphant S. Assessing readability: are urogynecologic patient education materials at an appropriate reading level? Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, 2019 Mar/Apr;25(2):139-144. DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000653
  • Spencer J, Hadden K, Brown H, Oliphant S. Considering low health literacy: how do the PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7 measure up? Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, 2019 Mar/Apr;25(2):145-148. DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000672
  • Watson J. Talking the talk: enhancing clinical ethics with health literacy best practices. HEC Forum. 2019 Mar 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-019-09369-5.
  • Trudeau C, Cawthorne C. The public speaks, again: an international study of legal communication, 40 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 249. 2018. https://lawrepository.ualr.edu/lawreview/vol40/iss2/3/
  • Hadden K, Arnold C, Curtis L, Gan J, Hur S, Kwasny M, McSweeney J, Prince L, Wolf M, Davis T. Development and rationale for a randomized pragmatic trial to improve diabetes outcomes in patient-centered medical homes in rural areas. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2018.09.007
  • Hadden K, Prince L, Bushmiaer M, Watson J, Barnes, L. Health literacy and surgery expectations for total hip and knee arthroplasty. Patient Education and Counseling, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.05.021
  • Hadden K, Puglisi L, Prince L, Aminawung J, Shavit S, Pflaum D, Calderon J, Wang EA, Zaller N. Health literacy among a recently incarcerated population using data from the transitions clinic network. Journal of Urban Health, 2018. DOI:1007/s11524-018-0276-0
  • Shnaekel A, Hadden K, Moore T, Prince L, Barnes CL. Readability of patient educational materials for total hip and knee arthroplasty. Journal of Surgical and Orthopaedic Advances, 2018;27(1), 72-76. PMID: 29762120
  • Hadden K, Prince L, Moore T, James L, Holland J, Trudeau C. Improving the readability of informed consents for research at an academic medical institution. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2018;1(6), 361-365. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2017.312
  • Hadden K, Coleman C, Scott A. The bilingual physician: seamless switching from medicalese to plain language. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2018;10(2) 130-133. doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-17-00473.1. Available at: http://www.jgme.org/doi/full/10.4300/JGME-D-17-00473.1?code=gmed-site
  • Prince L, Schmidtke C, Beck J, Hadden K. An assessment of organizational health literacy practices at an academic health center. Quality Management in Healthcare, Accepted January 29, 2018. DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000162
  • Hadden K, Prince L, Barnes CL. Health literacy demands of patient reported evaluation tools in orthopaedics: a mixed-methods case study. Quality Management in Healthcare, Accepted January 29, 2018. PMID: 29596271. DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000165
  • Hadden K, Prince L, James L, Holland J, Trudeau C. Readability of human subjects training materials for research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 2018;13(1), 95-100. PMID: 29243548. PMCID: PMC5768447. DOI: 10.1177/1556264617742238
  • Hadden K. The evolution of health literacy research in orthopaedics and other medical specialties. Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances, 2017;26(4):191-192. PMID: 29461188
  • Said Q, Trujillo A, Hadden K. Economic impact of low health literacy in Arkansas. The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, 2017;114(4), 86-90.
  • Edwards PK, Jacobs CA, Hadden KB, Barnes CL. A perioperative patient support system was unable to mitigate the risk of hospital readmission for total hip arthroplasty patients with high american society of anesthesiologists grades. Journal of Arthroplasty, 2017;32(4):1100-1102. PMID: 27838015. DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.10.012
  • Hadden K. Stoplight method: a qualitative approach for health literacy research. Journal of Health Literacy, 2017;1(2), e18-e22. Available at: http://bit.ly/2oKa4xs
  • Dayer LE, Shilling R, Van Valkenburg M, Martin BC, Gubbins PO, Hadden K, Heldenbrand S. Assessing the medication adherence app marketplace from the health professional and consumer vantage points. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 2017;5(4), e45. DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.6582
  • Hadden K, Hart J, Lalla N, Prince L. Systematically addressing hospital patient education. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 2017;17(2), 113-124. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15323269.2017.1291033
  • Hadden K, Prince L, Barnes CL. Health literacy and opioid use in orthopaedic patients. Journal of Surgical and Orthopaedic Advances, 2016;25(4), 234-237. PMID: 28244865
  • Hadden K, Prince L, Shnaekel A, Couch C, Stephenson J, Wyrick T. Readability of patient education materials in hand surgery and health literacy best practices for improvement. The Journal of Hand Surgery, 2016. PMID: 27291416. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2016.05.006
  • Heldenbrand S, Martin B, Hadden K, Renna C, Shilling R, Dayer L. Assessment of medication adherence apps’ features functionality, health literacy level and the creation of a web-based adherence app resource for health care professionals and patients. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2016;56(3), 293-302. PMID: 27067551. DOI: 10.1016/j.japh.2015.12.014
  • Hadden K, Zraick R, Atcherson S. Health literacy implications for head and neck cancer patients. In B Ruddy, H Ho, C Sapienza, & J Lehman, J. (Eds), head and neck cancer: a multidisciplinary approach (Chapter 22). San Diego, CA Plural Publishing, Inc. 2016.
  • Payakachat N, Hadden K, Ragland D. Promoting Tdap immunization in pregnancy: effects of two vaccine information sheets on maternal perceptions and vaccination rates. Vaccine. 2016. PMID: 26428452. PMCID: PMC7576887. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.062
  • Bryant K, Moore R, Willis N, Hadden K. Development of a faith-based stress management intervention in a rural African-American community. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 2015;9(3), 423-430. PMID: 26548794. PMCID: PMC5366254. DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2015.0060
  • Hadden K. Universal precautions: a new approach to health literacy. International Journal of Therapy and Rehab, 2015;22(9), 406-407. DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2015.22.9.406. Available at: http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/ijtr.2015.22.9.406
  • Schnaekel A, Hadden K, Barnes L. Readability of online patient educational materials on pain management. Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances, 2015;24(4), 242-5. PMID: 26731388
  • Vaughn E, Hadden K, Doolittle B. Patient health literacy and perception of provider communication: is there a link. Journal of Family Medicine and Disease Prevention, 2015;1(3). Available at: https://www.clinmedjournals.org/articles/jfmdp/journal-of-family-medicine-and-disease-prevention-jfmdp-1-016.pdf
  • Hadden K. Health literacy training for health professions students. Patient Education and Counseling, 2015;98(7), 918-20. doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2015.03.016. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399115001317
  • University of Arkansas medical centers improving care with AHRQ’s cusp and health literacy toolkit. Content last reviewed November 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201421.html
  • Atcherson SR, Delaune AE, Hadden K, Zraick RI, Kelly-Campbell RJ, Minaya CP. A computer-based readability analysis of consumer materials on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association website. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 2014;41, 12-23. Available at: http://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/ASHA/Publications/cicsd/2014S-Computer-Based-Readability-Analysis-of-Consumer-Materials.pdf
  • Atcherson SR, Zraick RI, Hadden K. A need for health literacy curriculum: knowledge of health literacy among U.S. audiologists and speech-language pathologists in Arkansas. Education for Health, 2013;26 (2), 85-88. Available at: http://www.educationforhealth.net/article.asp?issn=1357-6283;year=2013;volume=26;issue=2;spage=85;epage=88;aulast=Atcherson