Development and evaluation of an Australian adult health literacy program for socially disadvantaged adults attending TAFE

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: health literacy; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000213448
• Lead Sponsor: Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-02-17
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

Participants will be recruited following standard TAFE processes for enrolling students. Participating TAFE teachers will invite 300 adults assessed at ACSF level 2, seeking basic education at TAFE in NSW to join the study. As part of standard procedures, students literacy and numeracy levels are assessed by TAFE teachers on enrolment day.

We will recruit classes from TAFE Institutes in metropolitan and regional centres across NSW, Australia, including multiple Sydney districts, and Illawarra, Hunter, New England, and Southern NSW.

Eligible classes will be learning basic language, literacy and numeracy at Australian Core Skills Framework level 2 (in one of 4 eligible course codes). Intervention and standard LLN classes will be matched on typical demographic characteristics including age, sex, English proficiency, literacy skills, course code, and region.

Exclusion Criteria

Refusal to provide informed, written consent (or failure to provide consent from a parent or guardian for students under 16 years). It is a requirement of the ethics committees of TAFE and the University of Sydney that additional consent be obtained for students under 18 years.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Purpose designed measure informed by the intervention course core content with marking scheme developed a priori. : <br><br>a)How to use a thermometer, 3 items (score range 0- 3) <br><br>Assessed using both dichotomous and continuous scoring schemes. <br>[Baseline and immediately following the intervention. ];Purpose designed measure informed by the intervention course core content with marking scheme developed a priori. : <br><br>b. Interpretation of a medicine label, 5 items (score range 0-5)<br><br>Assessed using both dichotomous and continuous scoring schemes. [Baseline and immediately following intervention];Purpose designed measure informed by the intervention course core content with marking scheme developed a priori. : <br><br>c) Interpretation of a food label, 9 items (score range 0-10)<br><br>Assessed using both dichotomous and continuous scoring schemes. [Immediately following intervention]