[AAACE-NLA] A new publication_Assessing nation's health literacy

[Soroui, Jaleh]

Hi Mary;

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has produced
estimates of the percentage of adults lacking Basic Prose Literacy
Skills (BPLS) for all states and counties in the United States in 2003
and 1992.   These estimates were developed using statistical models that
related estimated percentages of adults lacking BPLS in counties sampled
for the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) and the 1992
National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) to county characteristics, such as
levels of educational attainment and race/ethnicity distributions. Based
on the results of these models, NCES derived BPLS literacy estimates for
all states and counties in the United States and produced user-friendly
tables to compare literacy estimates across states or counties and
across years.  



Report (print and the web site)  of the estimates is in the last stages
of  NCES's review process and is expected to be out  within the next few
weeks.



Jaleh

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Thank you so much for this vital information. Could you direct a
question to the appropriate contact? Will there be small data
breakdowns, such as county information from the NAAL targeted state
analysis? Oklahoma literacy organizations are anxious to see that
information.

Thank you for your help,

Mary Surbeck, Literacy grants coordinator

Mary Surbeck
Program Coordinator
Oklahoma City Community Foundation 
405/606-2917 | Fax: 405/235-5612 
1000 N. Broadway Ave. | Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1146 | Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1146 
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Subject: [AAACE-NLA] A new publication_Assessing nation's health
literacy

 

Assessing the nation's health literacy: Key concepts and findings of the
National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) describes health literacy
results from the landmark 2003 NAAL, the nation's most comprehensive
measure of adult literacy in more than a decade.

 

Published by the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation and
written by Sheida White, PhD, NAAL Project Officer, this 100-page report
will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, educators, insurers, and
policy makers in both the health and education fields.  

 

Assessing the nation's health literacy can be downloaded as a PDF at no
charge by visiting www.amafoundation.org/go/healthliteracy.  Hard copies
can be purchased for $20 through the AMA Bookstore by visiting
www.amabookstore.com <http://www.amabookstore.com/>  or calling (800)
621-8335 and asking for Item #OP423908. 

 

Jaleh Behroozi Soroui 

 

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