Questions designed to evaluate | Survey questions | Pre-intervention mean by question/Total mean | Post-intervention mean by question/Total mean | p-value of pre/post difference/Total mean |
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Health literacy attitudes | On a scale from 1 to 5 (1=not at all important, 5=extremely important) how important is/are: | |||
1. Health Literacy (HL) to your future career as a physician | 4.75 | 4.91 | 0.67 | |
2. HL in patient/provider communication | 4.83 | 4.82 | 0.67 | |
3. Using teach-back as a HL strategy | 4.00 | 4.85 | 0.18 | |
4. Plain language and clear communication as HL strategies | 4.75 | 4.82 | 1.00 | |
5. HL training for medical students in their pre-clerkship years | 4.33 | 4.73 | 0.17 | |
Overall attitudes score | 4.53 | 4.68 | 0.20 | |
Health literacy knowledge | On a scale from 1 to 5 (1=least, 5=most), how knowledgeable are you about: | |||
1. Health literacy (HL) issues | 3.33 | 3.83 | 0.08 | |
2. Role of HL in patient/ provider communication | 3.33 | 4.5 | 0.001 | |
3. Using teach-back as a HL strategy | 3.33 | 4.33 | 0.001 | |
4. Using plain language and clear communication as a HL strategy | 3.42 | 4.42 | <0.001 | |
5. HL techniques and resources you can use to improve understanding | 3.00 | 4.17 | 0.002 | |
Overall knowledge score | 3.29 | 4.33 | 0.017 | |
Health literacy skills confidence | On a scale from 1 to 5 (1=strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree), how do you feel about the following issues: | |||
1. I am comfortable using teach-back as a HL strategy | 3.25 | 4.33 | 0.01 | |
2. I receive enough HL training in my current curriculum | 2.67 | 3.67 | 0.02 | |
3. I feel confident explaining information to Head Start families in a way they can understand | 3.41 | 4.08 | 0.02 | |
4. I am confident eliciting parents’ questions and concerns about their weight and the weight of their children | 3.42 | 4.0 | 0.02 | |
Overall skills confidence score | 3.19 | 4.11 | 0.02 | |
Multiple Choice Questions (combined by topic) | Pre-intervention Total % correct | Post-intervention Total % correct | p-value of pre/post difference | |
• Health literacy definition and identification | 58 | 58 | 1.0 | |
• Childhood nutrition and obesity knowledge | 42 | 67 | 0.01 | |
• Head Start knowledge | 50 | 67 | 0.3 |