Clinical pediatrics
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Clinical pediatrics · Nov 2014
Measuring health literacy in caregivers of children: a comparison of the newest vital sign and S-TOFHLA.
We examined the performance of the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) and the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA) in caregivers of children. ⋯ The measures do not seem to function similarly nor predict health outcomes equally. The NVS demonstrates sensitivity in identifying limited health literacy in younger adult populations.