Assignment: Health Literacy Assessment
Assignment: Health Literacy Assessment
Purpose: To determine whether the literacy level of your selected health education resource (Diabetes – *attached below*) is appropriate for at risk populations.
Directions: Attached is a written (or downloaded from internet source) health education resource (pamphlet, handout, etc.) on Diabetes. Using this selected health education resource on Diabetes, write an APA style paper to communicate the following:
1. Define health literacy with a scholarly source.
2. Analyze the impact of low literacy on health promotion and health education with a scholarly source.
3. Identify and discuss three at risk populations for low health literacy (based on community demographics and risk factors known in the literature for low health literacy).
4. Calculate the literacy level of the selected education resource using the SMOG Formula (SMOG Readability Calculator: http://www.online-utility.org/english/readability_test_and_improve.jsp).
5. Analyze the results and present report findings.
6. Evaluate the appropriateness of the literacy level of the education resource for the three identified at risk populations.
7. Explain and justify SMOG recommendations to enhance the readability of the educational material for the three identified at risk populations.
8. Use only scholarly/professional, peer-reviewed references. Do not use Wikipedia or internet sources that are not officially recognized as authority websites, as such websites are not scholarly sources. Also, keep in mind that not every .org domain is an authoritative website.
9. Type written 2 double spaced page (NOT including the title page and references)
10. Written in current APA format. This paper should include:
a. Formal components including title page
b. APA running head
c. Include page numbers
d. APA formatted headings in the body of the paper
e. Appropriate in-text reference citations
f. A reference page, in correct APA format
Paper Format: APA
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