Relating consumer knowledge of health terms and health concepts.
In consumer health vocabulary (CHV) research, term familiarity serves as a proxy for comprehension. To date, CHV studies have not explicitly addressed the relationship between recognizing and understanding terms. We pilot-tested a survey to assess knowledge of terms among consumers (n=52) at two levels: 1) surface-level familiarity and 2) the underlying meaning or "gist." Preliminary results suggest that familiarity exceeds understanding for "common" CHV terms, but are similar for "less common" terms.
Keselman
Alla
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LHNCBC, National Library of Medicine, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Tse
Tony
T
Crowell
Jon
J
Browne
Allen
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Ngo
Long
L
Zeng
Qing
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D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D010865:Pilot Projects; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014825:Vocabulary