title: Relating consumer knowledge of health terms and health concepts.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: LHNCBC, National Library of Medicine, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keselman
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crowell
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D010865:Pilot Projects; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014825:Vocabulary