Development and validation of the Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine (REALM-Teen): A tool to screen adolescents for below-grade reading in health care settings

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Davis, Terry C ^a,e   Wolf, Michael S ^b   Arnold, Connie L ^a   Byrd, Robert S ^c   Long, Sandra W ^d   Springer, Thomas ^d   Kennen, Estela ^a   Bocchini, Joseph A ^a  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Below grade reading; Health literacy; Literacy; Literacy tests

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORD RECOGNITION; CHILD; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; READING;

EID: 33947111835     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1139     Document Type: Article

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